It is true SOME women have difficulty with breastfeeding or SOME babies have
breastmilk jaundice and need to supplement... BUT, not all.
Apparently I had terrible «
breastmilk jaundice» that we battled for 3 weeks.
In order to make this diagnosis, the baby should be at least a week old, though interestingly, many of the babies with
breastmilk jaundice also have had physiologic jaundice, sometimes to levels higher than usual.
There is a condition commonly called
breastmilk jaundice.
Obviously, the best way to avoid «not - enough -
breastmilk jaundice» is to get breastfeeding started properly.
In such a setting, the baby has what some call
breastmilk jaundice, though, on occasion, infections of the urine or an under functioning of the baby's thyroid gland may cause the same picture.
However, the answer to not - enough -
breastmilk jaundice, is not to take the baby off the breast or to give bottles.
Breastmilk jaundice peaks at 10 - 21 days, but may last for 2 - 3 months.
No one knows what the cause of
breastmilk jaundice is.
Definitely, however, the answer to not - enough -
breastmilk jaundice, is not to take the baby off the breast or to give bottles.
Breastmilk jaundice in much less common and only occurs in about 1 in 200 babies.
In such a setting, the baby has what some call
breastmilk jaundice, though, on occasion, infections of the urine or an under functioning of the baby's thyroid gland, as well as a few other even rarer illnesses may cause the same picture.
In order to make this diagnosis, the baby should be at least a week old, though interestingly, many of the babies with
breastmilk jaundice also have had exaggerated physiologic jaundice.
Therefore, the baby with so called
breastmilk jaundice is a concern and «something must be done».
my daughter was also jaundiced and according to the pediatrician, it was
breastmilk jaundice.
Breastmilk jaundice peaks at 10 - 21 days, but may last for two or three months.
Breastmilk jaundice is normal.
True
breastmilk jaundice does not set in until 2 - 3 weeks after birth.
Not exact matches
The treatment for physiologic
jaundice is more breastfeeding rather than less, and sick babies with pathologic
jaundice need
breastmilk even more than healthy babies.
Because insufficient
breastmilk is common (up to 15 % of first time mothers in the days immediately after birth) and severe dehydration,
jaundice, failure to thrive and death are the inevitable results of pressuring women to exclusively breastfeed regardless of whether the baby is getting enough.
Hence, I began my pumping journey and started pumping
breastmilk for my baby when he was barely a few days old until his
jaundice levels had gone down.
As an anxious first time mother, I had heeded the misguided advice of a friend to offer bottled formula milk as the «best way to flush out bilirubin», according to her, and to avoid offering
breastmilk which could prolong
jaundice.
Though causes of abnormal
jaundice still obviously occur, the majority of cases of
jaundice in the breastfed baby are due, at least in the first three or four days after birth, to an inadequate intake of
breastmilk.
Do not stop breastfeeding for «
breastmilk»
jaundice.