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anyone with outside babies and have jaundice

iamflamingoiamflamingo member
in February 2011 Moms

so my baby is 9 days old and he has jaundice. he went under the lights when we were still in the hospital and his levels came all the way down to 11.9 so they set us home. 

we did blood work yesterday and it went up to 12.9 so his pedi said to top him off with formula and that the formula will help flush out the jaundice.  since giving him formula after breast milk all the formula comes up.  it is white and semi lumpy bits.  

i really dont want to use formula and the spitting up/puking gets me worried he will get dehydrated, so i stopped giving him the formula and only breast milk but pumping and measuring it out, logging it and keeping track of his intake.

i really hope his level comes down today, this is just making me a nervous wreck

*sigh* 

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  • vahokiegirlvahokiegirl

    K had level of 12 of jaudince when we left the hospital. I followed up with his pedi two days later...she told me as long as he was still eating and pooping like normal that it should go away. It did. I didnt have to supplement with formula at all.

    Also putting him in the sunlight helps!

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  • TiffanyTheMomTiffanyTheMom member
    so sorry to hear this girl, i've never had experience with jaundice so i have nothing to lend. i hope he gets better fast. :(
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  • MiniMadnessMiniMadness
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    K had level of 12 of jaudince when we left the hospital. I followed up with his pedi two days later...she told me as long as he was still eating and pooping like normal that it should go away. It did. I didnt have to supplement with formula at all.

    Also putting him in the sunlight helps!

    Agreed! Our pedi said the same...eating, pooping and sunlight. Good Luck!

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  • KLiz09KLiz09

    Mia had jaundice when we got home and we had to have the light blanket delivered. She had to wear it for 24 hours to get the levels down but after that, she was fine. 

    I hated all of the doctor visits and blood draws.  

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  • bmp84bmp84 member

    Lena had it too. She was also under the lights in the hospital and I hated all the heel pricks and pedi visits. We had the same issue with the formula at first too. One of the things that made a difference for us was to not use the RTF bottles w/ the nipple that comes with them. First, we started putting the RTF in an avent bottle and that helped with the massive spit up. Then when we ran out of RTF, we used the powdered and seemed to have even less issue with that. Just feed like crazy and that pesky bilirubin should be gone soon! GL!

    I also noticed that toing between bottle and breast, she needs to be burped for half of forever from the bottle and barely needs burped after BFing.

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  • momrandamomranda
    I had the same problem with Jude spitting up and started using similac sensitive and burped every ounce to half ounce depending up how quickly he sucked it down. He never spit up when i started doing that.
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  • hjohnhjohn
    My boy was early (36 w 3 d) and had to stay in the NICU a week for jaundice and feeding issues.  The jaundice levels were a problem for about 2 weeks after we came home with him, and required multiple bili # checks at the Ped office, but never had to supplement.  Please know that there is jaundice called breastfeeding jaundice.  For some reason, breast milk causes the bili to recirculate in the system, and therefore it takes longer to get under control in BF babies.  That is probably why your doc said to feed him formula.  If you're worried about the numbers, go and get another blood test rather than waiting it out. 
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  • chardonnay24chardonnay24 member
    A was slightly jaundiced when we were discharged and at his one week appointment. I've been pumping a ton and feeding him as much as possible. It is working - at his two week appointment yesterday his pedi wasn't concerned about his levels at all AND he'd gained 10 oz in 5 days! Good luck!
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  • kimskikimski member

    We had this happen as well-the spike after leaving the hospital. The MD's at the hospital wanted me to supplement as well but they said it could be pumped milk or formula.  At the hospital we needed to do more formula as my milk hadn't come in yet. but did pumped breast milk after my milk came in-like 10-30CC depending on how well she had nursed. 

    Benefit of nursing first is she has to work to get milk started before she gets the easier bottle that way it didn't make her get lazy. 

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