https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:24:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-baby-have-jaundice#post-3777 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:32:05 +0000 Sha 3777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M had jaundice, but not too extreme. It was stressful though, having to keep going into a lab to get his foot pricked and trying to pump enough to flush out his system. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-baby-have-jaundice#post-3775 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:30:42 +0000 Amber1279 3775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All 3 of my kids were full term and have 100% "white" parents and they still all had jaundice </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-baby-have-jaundice#post-3766 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:12:27 +0000 chopsuey 3766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, my LO had jaundice. What a miserable experience. I really hated all of those heel pokes. Luckily we got to rent a portable phototherapy machine and treated her for 2 days at home.<br /> Wet and poopy diapers never made me so happy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-baby-have-jaundice#post-3753 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:59:36 +0000 mrbee 3753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charlie came down with jaundice shortly after he was born:<br /> <a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2011/09/28/jaundice/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2011/09/28/jaundice/</a></p> <p>Baby Olive didn't quite come down with jaundice, but she was at risk for it due to her elevated bilirubin numbers.</p> <p>Jaundice is a pretty racist disease, in that certain minority groups are at higher risk for it (including East Asians apparently). I had hoped that my half-white genetics would protect my children, but my half-Japanese side won out... it combined with Mrs. Bee's 100% Korean genes and attacked both of our kids from the inside. :-(</p> <p>Jaundice is actually very treatable and manageable, but it's just a bit scary to see your newborn stuck in a plastic box with blue lights all over them. I thought I'd get used to it, but with baby number two it was harder than the first time even. I think part of that, though, is just that baby #2 was so much smaller than baby #1.</p> <p>Anyway, wondering if anyone else's kids came down with jaundice (or were at risk for it). Jaundice anyone? </p>