Rebecca Hernandez's doctor had theorised a likely culprit behind the false-positive result: the poppy seed bread she ate a day before giving birth.
An Alabama mother is calling for institutional changes after she lost custody of her baby within hours of giving birth last week.
Poppy seeds, which are derived from opium poppies, sometimes contain traces of morphine that trigger a positive result in a drug test. Crestwood Medical Centre did not return a call to its media relations line on Monday afternoon, and its policies pertaining to drug tests were not immediately clear. In a statement to WAFF, the centre said it was "committed to following the law and regulatory requirements as well as ensuring the health and safety of our patients."
The mother, who called the situation "traumatising," was forced to wait as her daughter remained in the hospital for five days.
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