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Newborn Jaundice
My baby was born on 6th July 2021 on 37th week. During delivery there were some fetal distress so he didn't cry after birth, immediately he was shifted to NICU. Till day 1.5 he was on CPAP. On day 3 he was detected with mild jaundice which got increased eventually. My blood group is o+ and his blood group is A+ , so doc is telling this is also one of the reason and he got little head swelling during birth because of vaccum delivery. He got discharged on day 5 and at that time his billirubin was 10.8 after 48 hours phototherapy. Now we went to follow up where his billirubin report came 17.7. doc advised him to feed him well. And come back again after tomorrow, doc is telling if tomorrow his TCB report comes more than 16, then he will again need the phototherapy.Now my son is on 80% expressed milk feed and 20% formula feed. Please guide me what to do I am really worried.
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Hello,
Neonatal jaundice is common among - low birth weight babies especially if blood group incompatibility - as your case.
Jaundice can be there - till 2 weeks - among premature or low birth weight babies.
Nothing to panic about - if there is a problem - there is a solution - as told by your doctor.
Repeat tests are required for confirmation and to decide next step for treatment.
Take care.
🙏Tiwari Child Clinic, Delhi 🙏
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Newborn jaundice is very common.it gets exaggerated when there is blood group mismatch.This problem can be there for first 10-14 days of life..Pls visit your doctor as he suggested and start phototherapy again if the values are high.
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