re: All mommas on WIC

Quoting anna.:“ i know, I mean usually i'll just use the coupon and then not get whatever item I still have more of. ... [snip!] ... "umm so you don't want your pound of cheese?" ha. and I usually drink soy milk. Regular milk just makes me poop a lot.  ”

I know. I was liek "If I wanted my cheese, I would have gotten it." The cheese is so difficult too sicne you cant get indivudual wrapped.

Yeah I get 5 gallons of milk a month.
Like 4 48 ounces of juice. So
A ton of cheese... that I don't use all of.
2 Dozen Eggs.
Peanut Butter.
Lots of Cereal!

DEFINITELY IT SAVES A TON OF MONEY! I ALSO GIVE SOME OF IT AWAY! AND if you don't use certain things my office told me I can call and change some things around... so =] GO FOR IT!

Quoting melissa♥jo [HBC]:“ Yeah I get 5 gallons of milk a month. Like 4 48 ounces of juice. So A ton of cheese... that I don't ... [snip!] ... OF IT AWAY! AND if you don't use certain things my office told me I can call and change some things around... so =] GO FOR IT!”

I have so much cereal its' ridiculous haha.

can WIC rent you a breast pump?

Quoting bernadette-carbon:“ can WIC rent you a breast pump?”

yes but you have to go back to work full time first  

Wic helps w/ milk a lot.. I was leery about it at first because regular milk makes me really sick (lactose intolerant) but then I found out they will supply checks for lactaid instead if u just tell them at ur appt. that you cant drink milk.

You can rent a breastpump from them in PA the cost varies on how much you work but they also told me that since i'm on medicaid if my dr writes me a prescription for a pump while i'm in the hospital after having Riley I'll get one free to keep through medicaid. So if you are on public/welfare health care it might be something to ask around about.

Quoting merbobear:“ In NY state, you get checks from WIC. They gave me 3 months worth at a time, and you have to go for ... [snip!] ... month. I am not sure how it works when you have the baby, because I only qualified while I was pregnant. Hope that helped!”

Excellent. Thanks so much.   Ps yay for albany mommas!

I think it is worth it. I usually have way too much stuff like now I have a one year old and I am preggers so we get like 12 gallons milk a month.... In WV they are going to slpwly start doing fruits and veggies and jarred baby food too. They are doing away with juice slowly. At least that is what they told me at my last apt.

Quoting Miss Sierra:“ I think it is worth it. I usually have way too much stuff like now I have a one year old and I am preggers ... [snip!] ... and veggies and jarred baby food too. They are doing away with juice slowly. At least that is what they told me at my last apt.”

Here you get formula for six months and if your finances don't meet then you can start getting jarred food too.

oh and me and my husbnd both have GOOD full time jobs and we still get it. In WV you have to like whoa loaded not to get wic.....

Quoting Miss Sierra:“ oh and me and my husbnd both have GOOD full time jobs and we still get it. In WV you have to like whoa loaded not to get wic.....”

Yeah here you get it no matter what but once the baby comes they change it. Like you get more food if you breastfeed but if you formula feed you get it for 6 months. Then that's when the income comes to play. They also give you some bogus health problem too cause they're not supposed to give it to peopel who are healthy, but they do anyway. ha weirdos.

I need to apply for WIC. I just had my last day of work so maybe now they'll accept us. My husband just asked if you get tuna..lol..?!

Quoting J Guerrette.:“ I need to apply for WIC. I just had my last day of work so maybe now they'll accept us. My husband just asked if you get tuna..lol..?!”

no lol. they don't give you any of that.

milk, juice, eggs, peanut butter or dried beans, cereal.

If you breastfeed you get tuna and carrots after the baby is born   ( at least here you do)

Quoting StephieAileen:“ If you breastfeed you get tuna and carrots after the baby is born   ( at least here you do)”

that's weird cuz aren't you still supposed to not eat very much tuna while u bf??