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My Baby Is Jaundiced!!
Posted: 04-27-06 19:52pm
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Hey yall!! Sorry for leaving yall hanging
yesterday with the "peeing crystals in
urine" thread. We took her to the .Dr and
he told me that I had to stop
breastfeeding her for 24 maybe 48 hours.
There is something in the breastmilk that
doesn't allow the .Bilirubens to break
down in her blood causing .Jaundice. So I
have to supplement with formula and sugar
water. We have to keep her in indirect
sunlight to help break the .Bilirubens
down. Her levels were 17.9 and we got her
tested again today and they haven't
changed. So.....We have to take her yet
again to the lab and get more blood work
done. :'o( my poor angel!!!
Oh yea, and she has a .Mongolian spot on
her butt. It actually covers her entire
left cheek!! Lol....I thought it was a
bruise, but the .Dr said that it is common
in mediteranian decent babies. Ya learn
something new everyday.
Sarah
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erinjacob
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Jess
Posted: 04-27-06 21:20pm
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Wow my babiys were jaundice an I was told
to breast feed them evry half hour within
24 hours it had gone an yes put them in
the sun light but it may be different in
your case not breast feeding interesting
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michelle1981
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Posted: 04-27-06 21:24pm
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Were they able to collect the blood via
heel? Or did they have to shave her
head?
Poor thing! I'm sure she's a strong girl.
It's harder on us mothers to see them go
through this.
*hugs*
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 04-27-06 21:50pm
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She has breast fed jaundice. Her levels
didn't rise until her 3rd day of life.
We thought it was non physological
jaundice, in which we would be advised to
breastfeed, but in our case the breast
milk is only hurting her at the moment.
Edit: it explains a lot about it in the
book "what to expect the 1st year"
yea, she's running out of room on her heel
though...She might have enough room for
one or 2 more tests...If that.. I hope
they don't shave her head!! Lol...I want
to keep what little hair she has!!!
Sarah
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Lalee
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Posted: 04-27-06 23:10pm
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Lol sarah, the topic of this thread looks
like you're apologizing that she has
jaundice. :p
anyway, I hope she gets better really
soon. The good part is that she won't
even remember all this!
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 04-27-06 23:42pm
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Lol...I just noticed that!! Tell my man
that she won't remember that and I bet
he'll beg to differ!!! Lol...I tell him
that she'll be better in a week or 2 and
we won't even remember being so worried.
Trying to get that through to him is like
getting a knife through a rock!!!!
Thanks for the encouragement!!
Sarah
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 04-28-06 08:19am
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It'll be okay sarah, little kayoni will be
alright! The jaundice doesn't hurt her
does it?
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ilovemyargus
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Jaundice
Posted: 04-28-06 08:29am
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Yes if you put here in direct sulight it
will help my baby was jaundice a little
and was tested and she was formula fed so
put little angel in direct sunlight and it
will he lp the little angel believe me all
kids are angels so good luck hope all goes
well theresa
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Tamadrummer
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Posted: 04-28-06 08:36am
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The good think is that because the level
did not rise over a 24 hour period, she
actually had a decrease because with each
day the allowable level goes up, so if
there is no increase over a day, it
actually went down.
Fortifying with formula and light is about
the only way to fix it. Food is actually
the best way to cure the jaundice. With
an increase in formula or additional
breast milk, (hard to have more milk than
what you are making) the blood is able to
be processed and more excrement will come
out and you will see her color work out
quickly.
Good luck,
brian
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Re: Sorry Guys!! My Baby Is Jaundiced!!
Posted: 04-28-06 09:19am
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| babymajic0506
wrote: | hey yall!! Sorry for
leaving yall hanging yesterday with the
"peeing crystals in urine" thread. We
took her to the .Dr and he told me that I
had to stop breastfeeding her for 24 maybe
48 hours. There is something in the
breastmilk that doesn't allow the
.Bilirubens to break down in her blood
causing .Jaundice. So I have to
supplement with formula and sugar water.
We have to keep her in indirect sunlight
to help break the .Bilirubens down. Her
levels were 17.9 and we got her tested
again today and they haven't changed.
So.....We have to take her yet again to
the lab and get more blood work done.
:'o( my poor angel!!!
Oh yea, and she has a .Mongolian spot on
her butt. It actually covers her entire
left cheek!! Lol....I thought it was a
bruise, but the .Dr said that it is common
in mediteranian decent babies. Ya learn
something new everyday.
Sarah |
i have never had to stop nursing my baby
do to .Jaundice I have had 3 kids and
working on #4 so not sure what that doc is
thinking breastmilk is good for baby wired
just never heard of that..Hope baby get
better and will take breast again after
being on a bottle good luck...
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Melissa_20
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Re: Sorry Guys!! My Baby Is Jaundiced!!
Posted: 04-28-06 09:22am
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| babymajic0506
wrote: | oh yea, and she has a
.Mongolian spot on her butt. It actually
covers her entire left cheek!! Lol....I
thought it was a bruise, but the .Dr said
that it is common in mediteranian decent
babies. Ya learn something new everyday.
Sarah |
what the hell is that?Sry,i know nothing
about mediteranian anything,lol
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Nataliachick7
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Posted: 04-28-06 14:15pm
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"i have never had to stop nursing my baby
do to .Jaundice I have had 3 kids and
working on #4 so not sure what that doc is
thinking breastmilk is good for baby wired
just never heard of that..Hope baby get
better and will take breast again after
being on a bottle good luck..."
i watch a baby story every day on tlc (lol
im bored at home) and apparently 1in 2
babies gets jaundice (wow!). Every single
episode I have seen the mother had to stop
breastfeeing (temporarily) because it was
making the jaundice worse.
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Lalee
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Posted: 04-28-06 14:32pm
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I was jaundiced when I was born, and I had
to stay in the hospital for 2 weeks. Tell
your husband that mine was apparently a
pretty bad case but that if my mom hadn't
told me, I would never know I had it.
Lol. I don't remember a darn thing about
it. :p
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Eyes Wide Shut
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More Bad News....
Posted: 04-28-06 15:21pm
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Well we went back to the .Dr today because
her levels hadn't changed. When we tested
her blood today they had actually
increased. They went from 17.9 to 18.1
they thought I had begun to breastfeed
again and I told them that I hadn't until
further notice.
She's 6days old now and the .Dr said that
the possibility of it spreading into her
brain and causing damage was highly
unlikely now. Instead of sugar water, we
had to switch to dark .Karo syrup to make
her poop. Once a day isn't enough for a
.Jaundiced baby. She needs to poop about
3 to 4 times a day. One time actually
allows the .Bilirubens to reabsorb into
the blood stream.
The type of .Jaundice she has is breast
fed .Jaundice. There is a hormone in the
breast milk that actually inhibits the
.Bilirubens from decreasing. I asked her
.Dr if he thought it was toxic to her and
he said she showed no signs of it being
so.
Of course I started crying, becuase she's
my angel and I just want her to get better
and he looked at me and assured me she
would be fine. I have to take her back to
the .Dr for more blood work on .Monday (my
birthday) and hopefully everything starts
to look better.
Sorry this is so long, there's just a lot
on my mind!
I'll keep yall posted!!
Sarah
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Posted: 04-28-06 15:50pm
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Aww sarah I hope things get better!!!!!
As for mongolian spot both of mine have it
elisa is shrinking and cans covered all
lower back and butt but is slowly
shrinking...
Mongolian spots are simply birth marks in
kids of asian/black/mediterranean decent
(they look like bruises) blue to slate
grey in colour.
I had a dr assume I was hitting my baby
because of it but she failed to ask me if
my kids were mixed and its quite visible
im white and my daughter is darker than
me!!
Take care of your lil angel!!
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Lalee
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Posted: 04-28-06 16:29pm
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It's ok to be upset, sarah... Just means
that you love her! But, who knows, maybe
taking her back on your birthday will be
luck! ;)
i'll bet this will be the only time in
your life you will look forward to
changing a poopy diaper. :p lol
give her a lil kiss for all of us, and
i'll be thinking about you!
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Posted: 04-28-06 16:36pm
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A lot of babies are jaundice, I know that
it really is icky but you might think
about getting a second opinion, one of my
babies were jaundice but she was fine as
far as the mongolian spot, is it raised,
some times they go away and other times
they get better. I have what is known as
a port-wine stained bithmark, I have had
it since birth and it goes from mu chin to
neck, to the side of my face and some into
my hair or head, the only time I have to
be careful is when I have been out in the
sun because it will break and bleed, kids
used to make fun of me @ school but it
just taught me to be tougher. My
thoughts are with you and your baby, I am
sure it is difficult, I hope you have
someone their to help you!
Please, keep us updated but get some rest
as she will need your strength!
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Posted: 04-28-06 18:15pm
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Lol...When I first saw it I thought it was
a bruise too from birth. But i'm .Creole
and my fiance is .Italian so she's
medeterranian--mainly from my side. I had
the .Dr confirm it today because I
remember your story!! My mom said I had
one but it faded. My mom is from .Spain
and extreemely fair skinned but my dad is
.Creole and super dark. I read up a
little on them and they said that blonde
hair, blue eyed babies don't get them. If
they do it's only in extreemely rare
cases.
We're "cooking" her right now!!
Lol....Most people try to avoid the sun
form their babies, but of course, we want
it!!!
Thanks for the support!!
Sarah
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Posted: 04-28-06 19:07pm
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Sarah, I know kayoni is gonna be just
fine. We've got strong babies here.
Take care of yourself too.
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michelle1981
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Posted: 04-28-06 19:21pm
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I have been thinking about you two all
day! I'm sure everything will turn out
fine! You are a great mother! Kayoni is
in great hands!!!
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