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CaroleeCarolee member
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Hi everyone!  I'm so excited to be able to post here now and am hoping to be able to be active on here once things settle down at home. 

Long story short - I'm Carolee and I joined TTCAL in 9/2010 after losing our son, Eliott at 37 weeks.  After struggling with IF and several other early losses, we got pregnant with our rainbow Lucy in March.  She arrived on 11/26...I posted a quick birth story on PgAL so here's the link:

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/70324628/ShowThread.aspx#70324628

If anyone else has had experience with having to supplement due to weight loss/slow supply and/or jaundice, I'd love to hear your experience.

Mom to Eliott Alexander, born sleeping at 37 weeks on 8/13/10. Most of us only dream of angels - I held one in my arms.
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BFP #4 - EDD 12/09/12, Lucille arrived 11/26/12
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  • WearingRedWearingRed member
    Welcome. I am currently working to find out why my son born Oct 19 still has mild jaundice. But I will tell you in most cases jaundice in bfing babies is harmless and should not be a reason to stop bfing! I am on the moblie sight so I use your link easily to see if already posted this. what were your most billi count?

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  • CaroleeCarolee member
    This morning we were at 16.7, so the doctor ordered a bili blanket for us to use at home to hopefully get her down.
    Mom to Eliott Alexander, born sleeping at 37 weeks on 8/13/10. Most of us only dream of angels - I held one in my arms.
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    BFP #3 - EDD 4/7/12 M/C 8/2/11 @ 4w2d
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  • WearingRedWearingRed member
    imageCarolee:
    This morning we were at 16.7, so the doctor ordered a bili blanket for us to use at home to hopefully get her down.
    home treatment is a great thing. For every hour a day you do treatment you should expect at least .1 drop and you want under 5 to be in the normal range and ideally at or under 1. Keep BFing as much as possible and keep her on the breast for as long as she wants to be there once you get her back to gaining weight. I hope she gets better soon. And if you have any more questions about jaundice I can doing my best to become an expert in the next few days ; ]

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  • Petunia844Petunia844 member
    Congrats!!  Raylan's eating is a long saga...the end result after me in the hospital, him with a tongue clipping...we just had to switch to ff.  Just do what works!  So excited to see you here!
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  • Karen1998Karen1998 member
    Congrats and welcome!  I'm glad to see you over here!  
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  • Scooby2358Scooby2358 member
    Congrats, so happy to see you here!
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  • crystalknppcrystalknpp member

    I absolutely LOVE seeing you over here! Congrats again mama! 

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  • mundayemmundayem member
    So happy to see you on this side! Congrats and welcome!
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  • roxyttandmeroxyttandme member
    Oh, love....  I'm thrilled for you!!!!!
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  • Junebug060609Junebug060609 member

    So very excited to see you over here! Big Smile

    I supplemented with my son during our hospital stay (1 day for induction, 4 days post-partum).  My milk didn't come in until the day I was discharged and he had low blood sugar and was borderline jaundice.  Never needed any therapy for the jaundice, but they wanted to push food into him to help clear it out.  We supplemented via syringe with him at the boob.  Basically he had to suck for us to hit the plunger.  Taught him sucking equals food and stimulated my milk.  Once my milk came in I stopped supplementing completely.  He was EBF (aside from solids once he was older) until I messed up and didn't pump when I should have at 11 months and my supply tanked.  It IS possible to EBF even if things don't start out on the best note.

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    So happy for you dear. You deserve this. She's beautiful and I love her name.
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  • ellebelle2384ellebelle2384 member
    Congrats and welcome! My milk didn't come in until day 4 and we had some jaundice issues too.  She almost had to go back to the hospital, but our levels peaked at just over 16.  Our pedi had us breastfeed her for as long as she wanted on both sides.  Then after she was done on the breast, offer her 2 oz. of formula in a bottle to top her off.  We only had to do that for about 4 days before the levels got low enough and she was more alert and nursing a little better.  We were then able to drop the bottles and just BF.  We also had latch issues on the left side, but we just kept trying.  She eventually got it and at almost 11 months I'm still BFing.  The BFing board is good if you have more questions about jaundice/nursing/supplementing etc.  Congrats again!
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  • bmv1980bmv1980 member
    Congrats on getting your rainbow! I supplemented DS due to jaundice. The best advice I can give is to keep BFing and pumping. Seek the help of a LC if you need to, but most importantly do what's best for you and your family. GL!
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  • martinimommamartinimomma member

    AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! 

    You have given me another great reason to be more involved on this board!

    I am so happy for you!  Congrats and welcome!!!

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  • morkmork member
    Congrats hun, so happy to see you over here!

    We've had to supplement with pumped this entire time due to weight gain issues. We even gave a little formula for a while to up her calories. We recently found out she has a jaw issue causing her mouth to not open all the way and preventing her tongue from making the right action. We're seeing a ped chiro on Monday to hopefully resolve the problem. I highly recommend finding a GOOD LC outside of the hospital. GL!
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  • katigoxkatigox member

    imageCarolee:
    If anyone else has had experience with having to supplement due to weight loss/slow supply and/or jaundice, I'd love to hear your experience.

    Just read your birth story, and welcome to PAL :) (I'm sorry for your previous losses, but so happy to see a pic of little Lucy in your birth story ?) 

    My son was born with jaundice and had to have the lights treatment while we were in the hospital and two days of labs when we got home, but he really turned a corner close to two weeks (pooping that jaundice out really helped ;P).  

    Because of being in the nursery, he was given formula and just attached to bottle nipples right away - I did pumping for ten days, every two hours, and consulted with two LC's and sadly, my supply just kept dwindling (also my swelling finally went down, so I'm wondering if it was hormonal?).  I just don't think my supply ever went from "transitional milk" to "full milk" supply (by the tenth day, it looked like water, versus milk, and I had only pumped an ounce in almost twenty four hours :( . . . afterwards, I didn't even have any pain, or engorgement, so I really don't think there was anything in there :/)

    HOWEVER if BF is your goal, keep sticking to it, and just talk-talk-talk to LC's (all the luck with it, because it certainly isn't "easy" or as natural as it seems it should be - at least it wasn't for me, haha!).

    As for weight loss, yeah, I don't know the exact number, but I was reassured by everyone that a certain amount isn't just normal - it's expected, so I wouldn't be worried about that either (but always get reassurance from a doc, or an on call nurse - if anything, for your nerves) :) 

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  • IEtoLAIEtoLA member
    No experience but wanted to say congrats!
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  • SouthernBellaKSSouthernBellaKS member
    Congrats and welcome!!!

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