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LOL I wonder if my title made anyone scratch their heads...
But yeah, Mr #5 is looking yellow, midwife left about an hour ago after taking some blood to check his bilirubin levels. Will hear in about an hour the results.
but Im just wondering, he is by the window & has been pretty much all day. But its pretty overcast today. Would it still help? Being overcast & all.... I guess it would wouldn't it, I mean after all you can still get sunburn on a cloudy day....
I'm not sure if it will help, but it certainly won't hurt. Hopefully you get his bloods back fast so he can get phototherapy if he needs it xx
Yep still keep him near the window as there is still UV rays even on a cloudy day.
I hope his SBR is not too high requiring phototherapy.
She said anything 200 or below & she will be back in the morning to repeat. Less then 150 then she will back in the afternoon. So I guess if its more then 200 we will have to go back in... She will call around 5. So another 30 min or so & we will know.
Sorry hun, are those numbers meant to be the other way round? Is he feeding well, peeing well, pooing, and active when he is awake? It isn't common for a term baby to need phototherapy just so you know. :hugs:
This happened to DD. She had to be readmitted to hospital at 6 days for a couple of days under lights. Mind you, she was 3 1/2 weeks early...But when I look at pics of her she is soooo yellow. I didnt even seem to notice it much at the time.
I would definitely keep him by the window. Overcast or not, those UV rays are doing him good!
Term babies can still get Jaundiced. Its due to immature livers, yes prems get it more frequently but Jaundice is common.
I hope results are ok
Have your other kids had Jaundice???
Hope the levels come back down. Ds was full term and had to go under the lights for 48 hours at day three.
Maybe? I had the kids & the other nurse that was with her all talking at the same time, I was trying to follow best I could lol.:
He is feeding well, But I am waking him, he is sleeping most the time & stirs every 2/3 hours but not really waking. I just see that he is stiring & get him up & feed him. I wont let him go more then 3 hours. BUT He has only wee'd 4 times since he was born. Only once in the last 24 hours & it was very concentrated & smelly. He is pooing ok, nearly into those BF baby poo's not the black poo anymore. But yeah, sleepy & not weeing & yellow.
I think my first was a bit but never needed any treatment.:
this guy was 2 weeks overdue.. if that makes any difference?
It would be better to actually take him outside rather than just near a window.
The numbers are right, you want the BR number to be lower less than 150 would mean that you can have a longer span between tests, higher and repeat test sooner to see if they are rising or stabilising, if they are rising then he would go under lights.
Both of my girls were jaundiced, DD1 was under lights when she was born (BR well over 200) and almost again 10 weeks of age (BR was 162), DD2 we chose not to test in agreeance with the Paed as she was being breastfed and the same thing in the body that breaks down the breast milk works to reduce the BR level. So he just looked at how alert she was and how often she was feeding and that there was urine (never weighed urine), she was stopped putting on weight but he just gave her more time and she got there on her own.
But both girls were prem.
Nope doesnt make a diff if overdue.
Reason for asking was as can get ABO incompatibility but if other kids were fine its unlikely (to do with you and your DH blood groups).
If he was not sleepy and just was yellow I would have guessed maybe breastmilk Jaundice.
I couldn't hardle tell that DD2 was weeing, the nappies felt so light, but the Paed siad there was wee in there just by lifting it, and we are probably only talking about 20-30grams, so not a lot. Keep a track on it and hopefully he sorts himself out :):
And if he is sleepy, but you are waking him and he is still feeding well I wouldn't be as concerned, but if he can't be woken for a good feed then I would be more concerned
DD2 had levels of 124 on day 4 and was very yellow, we were allowed home but had to feed 3 hourly and have her in the sun.
with the bloodtest if its the one they do from the heel wont the blood coagulate (sp) as im sure it will take some time to get it to path?? DD coagulated in the time it took to do and getting it down stair to path in the hospital so had to be repeated
If it's mixed and stored properly it should be fine.:
Its FBE that tends to clot and not SBR's, as we used to do SBR's in the home and drive them back to hospital.:
im using cloth & can tell there is no wee, even with the poo he has done the nappies are still dry.
Yeah she took blood from the heal & put it in a SBR tube. She had to go back to her car to get the kit to do it & said she had 1 other lady to see on her way back to hospital & would have results back to me via phone around 5. So just waiting for that call now.
Im not "worried" as such. I know Jaundice is fairly common. Not that Im not concerned as such but im not freaking out.
He is yellow though. She said above the belly button is ok, but its when its the whole body... She had trouble telling if he was entirely or not. But when I picked him up just now from a sleep to feed him I could tell around his legs looks yellow also.
I'm sorry I didn't mean to imply that you may not have been able to tell if his nappy had wee in it :redface: just that for us it was such a small amount it was barely noticable... hope the levels come back on the lower side of the range
No no, don't be silly, I didn't take it in that way at all. Just saying that I can tell because its cloth not a sposie. Which I know is hard to tell LOL
no call yet.....
Have you got her number?
no. But just thinking of calling the maternity unit, im sure the can point me in the right direction.
Yeah they can, great idea.
thats silly they havent called yet. spesh when they said they would.
jaudice or not, he is awfully cute in ur sig pic. :)
Hehehe thats when he first came out.
I called, his level was 185. She said normally they treat at 260. Not being the nurse who seen him she wasn't able to really give me much advise. Well she did but said to take it in that she didn't see him so use my best judgement.
Basically said going off what I told her & his results, keep feeding him, even top him up with expressed. If he gets too sleepy to wake/feed properly take him into the ER to recheck levels.
she did say too that it was noted the blood had clotted a bit so results may not be accurate.
But yeah, no one called me!
How is he going today hun?
How annoying that they never called you back :(
mmmm DD's must have been 224 not 124, she was yellow almost the whole way down her legs
He is good, His first results where 185 & the next day down to 176. She didn't repeat today, he is still yellow from about teh boobs up. But feeding welll, weeing now & staying awake more so they are not concerned anymore. I think the focus has moved to my boobs. Bloody things are causing me such pain.