Jaundice and weight loss - Page 2

scruggle · 07-16-2006, 08:31 PM

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Quote[/b] (memz @ July 16 2006,18:14)]Poor thing! I just went through this with dd. The evening that I brought her home from the hospital she went right back because she developed jaundice. It was breast milk induced. I never would have thought that breast milk could do that. So she was on checks a couple times for a week and it finally came back down. But I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers.

I think that is amazing. Ds was breastmilk minduced too. I think it's weird that breastmilk can cause the baby to have problems. I am planning some research into this subject because it still eludes me that breastfeeding could possibly have negative effects on baby

shop2drop · 07-16-2006, 08:39 PM

My dd had jaundice,too I think only about a 5 though. She was very sleepy and we had a hard time getting her to stay awake to nurse and she was losing weight. When I finally, after much frustration, talked to a lactation consultant, they told me how to use a supplemental nursing system (SNS) so that the baby would get nourishment, and my breasts would be stimulated to make milk. Basically, it was a small tube that I ran along side my nipple and the other end was in formula in a bottle. When the baby sucks, it gets the formula and the milk. I know I so badly wanted to breastfeed and am so glad I talked to the consultants, they are SO helpful.

HTH