https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:10:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hypoallergenic-formula#post-1160172 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:21:24 +0000 mrsmate 1160172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was on Alimentum and it was 100% covered by our insurance. It was about 10 cans every 30 days. Thank God! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hypoallergenic-formula#post-1160164 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:06:10 +0000 googly-eyes 1160164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We ended up stopping at gerber good start (thank goodness) but had we gone one step further to hypoallergenic it would have been nutragimen (sp?) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hypoallergenic-formula#post-1160112 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:14:57 +0000 carolineqbwatson 1160112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Alimentum and we're paying out of pocket for it. Our insurance company claims it is not "medically necessary" even though he cannot tolerate milk-based formulas or soy formulas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hypoallergenic-formula#post-1146754 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:57:08 +0000 MrsF 1146754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M was on nutramigen and our insurance covered it. I had to fax them a prescription from the pedi and then find a medical supply company (I think the insurance company website had a list of companies) to actually send us the formula. They contacted the insurance company and got approval and started sending us the formula. Every month I would call the medical supply company, they would get re-approval from my insurance company and send the formula. </p> <p>I was shocked that our (not so great) insurance company covered the formula 100%. When I called to get her refill for September they told me that our insurance company refused to pay. After a few weeks of phone calls the company told me that they had a new policy and would need repeat visits with a GI specialist, an allergist and a nutritionist and documented evidence that we had tried a traditional formula and failed every few months. Luckily M turned 1 at the end of September and did fine with cows milk. I was literally on the last can of Nutramigen and didn't have to buy any! I think they were just going to make us jump through hoops because they didn't want to pay for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hypoallergenic-formula#post-1146753 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:56:40 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1146753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've tasted them both and prefer Nutramigen myself. That's what I usually start kids on in the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hypoallergenic-formula#post-1146747 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:53:44 +0000 Andrea 1146747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nutramigen and we pay out of pocket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hypoallergenic-formula#post-1146738 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:43:44 +0000 VanillaBean 1146738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No supplement here. My son drinks alimentum and we pay out of pocket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hypoallergenic-formula#post-1146735 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:39:59 +0000 brownie 1146735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did neocate and paid out of pocket for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hypoallergenic-formula#post-1146728 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:31:26 +0000 swedishfish 1146728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, did your insurance cover the entire cost of the formula, part of it, or none of it? How did the process work if insurance covered at least part of it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hypoallergenic-formula#post-1146711 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:54:12 +0000 swedishfish 1146711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry for yet another formula post from me...I feel like a broken record lately. The pediatrician is switching LO to hypoallergenic formula for her supplementing. We need to go buy a can while we wait for the prescription to come in the mail. Which kind of hypoallergenic formula does your LO drink? </p>