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"large" babies, glucose tests, and formula supplementation for newborns at Sibley and other hospital
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NICURN:
I am the poster immediately preceeding your post. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to this thread and offer some explanations. I found them extremely useful. I am reassured that perhaps supplementing with formula for the first two days of my daughter's life did help her as she did have low sugars & high bilirubin (and needed phototherapy for a day). The LCs and the nurses were very supportive of my breastfeeding and pumping. As a result, my milk came in beautifully, I was able to freeze a ton, and I'm still exclusively BFing at 6 months. Thanks again for your post. |
NICURN
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You are most welcome.
Indeed! It sounds as if you little one truly needed supplements. When a baby receives phototherapy and has jaundice it is important that they are adequately hydrated (due to continuous heat source) but also to readily eliminate the bili levels. This is standard and the quicker you can correct her bili levels and her sugars the quicker you could resume breastfeeding. The intent is not to keep her on formula etc but to rather stabilize her and ward off complications. |