Both my kids were and had to go under the lights, but it's very common for babies of East Asian decent. Olive had so many additional risk factors too (preemie, blood type incompatibility, sibling had it, east asian, etc.)!
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No. The nurses were expecting it because of the difference in my and DD's blood type, but she never got it.
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Yes but not so bad that she had to go under the light. Once my milk came in I just fed her around the clock like crazy!
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DS was but didn't need the light
DD was not
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Yes, both kids.
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Yes. DD was born at exactly 37 weeks so it wasn't unexpected. We stayed a few extra days at the hospital and she spent 2 nights on a blue light at home, but it didn't really go away until she was 2 months old or so. I guess with breastfed babies it can take longer to fully clear out - it was kind of stressful at the time!
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Both were slightly, the first more. Neither needed to be under the light or anything for it.
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Yes....both kids. They had to undergo UV light therapy for a day, and then I had to switch to formula for a few days since they were losing too much weight.
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Yes, but he was born at 34w4d so we expected it. It lasted quite a while!
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Very slight amount.
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Both were, my first more. Apparently it runs in families, and mine were also early, which increases risk.
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DS1 was not but DS2 was. He was 2.5 weeks early.
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My first was, but only a little. I just fed her like crazy and let her sit in the sunlight a little, no lights necessary. She had a bump on her head from the vacuum assist at birth which increased the likelihood I guess.
My second was not at all.
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My first, yes - I had major supply issues and so she became very dehydrated and jaundiced. She was starving and I had no idea. She ended up in the nicu for a week under the lights and hooked up to an iv
My second - nope, I broke out that formula night one haha
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I think they were right on the border. We had to do the heel pricks for the first week, but it never got to the point of doing the lights because their numbers were right under the threshold.
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Yep, risk factors; blood type incompatibility and DS is half-Indonesian (I guess that would be Southeast Asian).
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Full term but breastfed with delayed cord cutting, so I guess those things can contribute. No lights, but SO MUCH nursing.
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My first baby had to stay an extra 2 days on the peds ward under the lights. It was rough - only one parents was allowed to stay with her, so that was me since I was nursing. It was hard to go from the care of the maternity ward to being totally ignored in peds while I was still recovering. My little one did fine though! My second baby was also jaundiced, but she was able to avoid staying over. I just had to take her for daily bilirubin checks at my ped.
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I voted no, but I guess the answer is just a little bit. He didn't have to do any medical treatment, our pediatrician just told us to get him out in the sunshine and feed him lots.
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Yes for both. Lo1 as born via csec and then had to stay additional two days before we were released (all under the light). We actually had to leave her for one day bc I was released.
Lo2 was born vbac and still had it. We were released normally but had to go daily for about a week to get his levels checked. And he had to be under the lights at home too.
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Yes, she was born at 37 1/2 weeks so it wasn't unexpected. It wasn't bad enough for blue light therapy, but she had a bunch of heel pricks during her first week or so.
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Yes to both - born 39+4 and 39+2, both had a hospital stay of 7 days, both had 2 of those days under lights, lost around 10% weight due to slow feeding. Both were supplemented with formula plus breastfeeding every two hours + pumping for supply. DD1 continued with formula but DD2 managed to maintain breastfeeding and was back to exclusive BF within a few weeks. Main cause seemed to be blood incompatible- I'm O- and they're O+.
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No, but the pediatrician was convinced she was. We had to go back several times for testing in LO's first week because our pedi was so convinced of it.
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Yes, I think, for 1-3 days while they were in the nicu.
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DD had it. She was 36w. She had to go under the lights in the hospital and we had to start supplementing (BM and formula) to try to bring her bili numbers down. We also went in for bili and weight checks every other day for a week after going home to make sure she didn't need to go back to the hospital.
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Nope x3.
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Yep, both girls. Both ABO incompatibility issues, both needed bili lights, DD2 in NICU for 3 days because of it.
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LO2 did. He was 15 days early and my milk was slow to come in. He didn't have to do the lights, just a few days of heel pricks, sunlight, and nursing constantly when my milk came in. His eyes stayed yellow for a quite a while though.
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Yes. Didn't need lights but had 3 trips to the lab in her first week to follow it closely.
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Surprisingly, no for both kids.
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DS1 - no. He was literally the pinkest baby ever....like flamingo pink.
DS2 - yes. They checked his levels a few times and was JUST on the cusp of needing the light, but ultimately, the window worked well enough.
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