Did your newborn have jaundice? What did you do?
Hoping this is okay since it’s not specific to homebirth but a question regarding a newborn that was born at home.
FTM here a bit nervous about the jaundice we’re seeing and wanting to ask the community if you’ve run into something similar, and if so, what you’ve done.
Our newborn is 8 days old and we noticed he was jaundiced around 48 hours after homebirth.
Noticed jaundice/yellow in face, arms, eyes, mouth, and chest.
Read that jaundice peaks around day 3-5 but he’s now 8 days old and it hasn’t gone down.
We have been taking him out in the morning sun starting day 7.
Have you experienced similar levels of jaundice in your newborn? If so:
Did it go away with sunlight and feeding alone? Or did you use UV treatment?
Do you think we started the sunlight too late?
Would you go to the pediatrician at this point for further testing? (We didn’t do any bilirubin testing yet - everything has been based on looks only).
Thank you so much!