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Jaundice in newborns.
My little one was born this week at 36+5, quite a traumatic labour and he ended up being a forcep delivery.
He was tested for jaundice and his levels came back high so he spent 3 days under the phototherapy.
Because of the whole thing and him being ealry he struggled feeding and didn't properly feed until about day 3.
Thankfully we finally got his levels up and got him feeding well but I was just wondering on other people's experiences?
How long did it take for your baby to get normal levels etc xx
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Could have written this myself, my son was born at 36+5 too and had jaundice, we had a 4 day stay and took us around 3 or 4 days with feeding too, took about 2 weeks to start looking a more normal colour looking colour and we were lucky with his weight as he didn't loose a lot even with his poor feeding and quickly got back to it and then over it x
@Darcey sounds identical, he's 5 days old today and lost 8% but midwife wasn't concerned as he's had a slow start. Hopefully he'll be flying along soon! X
Honestly once we were home he was flying, he's 6 now and he's running rings round me hahah x
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We had 3 days under phototherapy, he was born at 37 +4. Then it took 2 weeks to get back to birth weight. At 3 weeks he was still showing slight signs of jaundice so was referred for long jaundice. Blood test at 5 weeks shows it has completely cleared up. Hope that helps x