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Alia was jaundice but thankfully wasable to do treatment at home with the bili light. The more sheeats and poos the faster it goes away. Alia did the light for a week at home but her highest level was 16. It will be ok Mama I know how hard it is we were almost admitted a few times. Sorry you are having to go threw this not have LO home is rough.

Oh honey, big hugs for you guys!

I've been there, and it still makes me tear up to think about it almost a year later. Just remember that this is short term and you will be able to hold her all you want soon!

At a little over 24 hours, his bloodwork came back severely jaundiced, and he got moved to the NICU. The pediatrician had warned us that it would probably happen since he had a huge bruise on his head from birth and he wasn't nursing great yet.

We were allowed to hold him and nurse every 3 hours for 20 minutes. It sucked, but I am thankful that it was that and not something worse in the grand scheme of things. I cried a lot and practically lived in the NICU, but the nurses were the best, my heroes! They let me stay in a nesting room so I had a place to nap in between feedings.

Hang in there, will be sending good vibes your way! Just keep rooting for her to eat and poop a bunch!

That happened to us too. LO's # was also at 21 and I cried and cried. I actually took him out from under the lights to feed him and didn't have th heart to put him back. I called my husband bawling and said he had to come back to the hospital! I was a mess. He was better within 24 hours though and we got sent home. It's sooo normal but as a new mom it's still heart breaking! Don't worry, your baby will be in your arms 24/7 before you know it! Hugs to you and stay strong for your baby!

Most important thing is to keep them under the lights. Our nurses colored the little thing they put to protect their eyes so he looked like he had sunglasses.

@PrincessBaby: P was jaudince and we spent almost four days in the hospital with him for it right after he was born. he had a bili light when we were holding him (we were discouraged from holding him too except for breastfeeding) and then we had a suit that he would wear with the light in his basinette. i think his level was 14. we had home health come to our house when we got discharged and they rechecked his levels and they went down to i think 9....hang in there, she will get better!

First Congrats on your lo! Second, I went thru this too. LO had a level of 21 and she looked like a banana. I cried when she was poked and prodded too for an IV. And she was so miserable under the lights because she was cold and she couldn't see. She cried for 5 hours straight and we could only pick her up Evey 3 hours. Poor thing. Don't worry too much though! The lights can work really quickly. We were out after about half a day under the lights....she startes around 1am and then we were discharged at 3pm and her level was 13. Nurse nurse nurse and bottle feed if necessary!! Pooping and peeing is how she gets rid of the bilirubin. It'll be over soon and she will be just fine. Here is our little monkey under the lights...

@PrincessBaby: I forgot to say, congratulations on the birth of your LO!!

@PrincessBaby: I'm so sorry you are going through this!!!! I don't have any experience with it. When my sisters and I were born they thought we were jaundiced, but we just needed to be outside in the sun naked. Haha! Hang in there!!!

I hope she gets better soon!

No experience with jaundice but I hope little H is on the mend and you and your hubs are okay!

@PrincessBaby: Oh sorry hun you are stressed and have to worry about this! Hope baby Harper is fully recovered and released to go home with you soon! IDK much about the lights and stuff, but I know I had it as a baby and it's pretty common I think. Get well soon Harper!

Sorry you're going through this! DD was severely jaundice as well. Her level was at 24 I believe, we were shocked because she didn't seem that yellow. We used the bili light at home and made sure to feed her every 2 hours. The main thing is nutrition so at that point I began pumping & bottle feeding to ensure that she was eating enough (Her latch wasn't great at the time and I needed to make sure she was eating). Within two day she was perfect. The news is hard to take at first but Your LO will be ok, I remember just breaking down crying. I was thankful we have the technology now for the bili blankets. I was jaundice when I was born and the dr told my dad he had to walk around to indirect lighted areas to help it. My dad said he walked around for hours each day for 2 weeks.

@MrsBeachyBaby: what a great way to picture such a tough situation, wish I had thought of that at the time! I did love the baby sunglasses, I saved ours for the scrapbook!

Both of my boys had to go under the lights as well. My oldest's levels were 19 around day 4 or 5 and had to be admitted to be put under photo therapy for 24 hours straight. I was lucky they gave me a double room so I had a bed to sleep in and he was just right next to methe whole time. They discharged us when his levels went down to 13.

With my second, they took him at 14 hours and he was under until he was 4 days old. This time since I was still at the hospital they had to take him to the nursery the whole time except to nurse. They brought him back to me every 3 hours to nurse for 30 mins and right back he went.

Both boys were fine after that. I think it's harder for us moms than it is for them. Hang in there!

Hang in there. We treat a lot of jaundice and aside from being sad about the stretch of the parent baby bond, everything works out ok!