Chances are, the baby will
require phototherapy treatment.
There is no evidence that healthy term breastfed babies are protected from these outcomes as recent BFHI data shows that 10 - 25 % of healthy term babies lose > 10 % and that 10 - 20 % of them develop phototherapy - requiring levels of jaundice with more than 10 %
requiring phototherapy.
Exclusion criteria: «Dyads were excluded for atypical stays characterized by (1) a 2 - night or longer stay after a vaginal delivery; (2) a 4 - night stay or longer after a cesarean section; (3) a hospital course with atypical complications (e.g., ambiguous genitalia, endometritis); or (4) newborn hyperbilirubinaemia
requiring phototherapy during the nursery stay.
Not exact matches
However, by breastfeeding frequently (at least 8 to 10 times a day) in the first 3 days of life, you can greatly reduce the chances that your baby will
require higher intervention, such as
phototherapy (going under bilirubin lights.)
So if the levels aren't too high that
require hospitalizations but high enough that they
require treatment many will recommend any insurance most likely covers home
phototherapy's so your baby can get to stay at home with you
He says hed love to try
phototherapy, but the regular visits to a dermatologists office that the treatment
requires would cause his business to suffer.