Many novice mothers have had such experiences: the baby has high jaundice after birth, is diagnosed as breast milk jaundice, and then most of them are advised to stop breast milk to relieve jaundice.
Some mothers have to stop feeding milk powder to their babies in order to make their babies recover as soon as possible, but after stopping for a few days, the milk will never return…
So, is what breast milk jaundice? Does the baby who has been diagnosed with breast milk jaundice really want to stop breast feeding? Today we will resolve these doubts.
Is what breast milk jaundice?
Normal changes in bilirubin metabolism in most newborns after birth will cause [physiological jaundice], especially in Asian babies. Generally, it subsides two weeks after delivery, and the mother will welcome the white and fat baby again.
Jaundice related to breast-feeding is divided into two types, one is jaundice caused by insufficient breast-feeding, which aggravates baby jaundice caused by insufficient breast-feeding intake in the early postpartum period.
The other is breast milk jaundice in the general sense. At present, it is presumed that it is related to some enzyme substances in breast milk, which leads to the jaundice of breast milk-eating babies fading more slowly and often lasts for 3-12 weeks.
At present, there is a lack of intuitive experimental methods to make a definite diagnosis, but the main manifestation is that jaundice obviously subsides 3-5 days after breast milk is stopped.
Can babies diagnosed with breast milk jaundice still eat breast milk?
If the baby looks healthy and has a normal growth curve after doctors exclude biliary obstruction, hemolysis, infection, metabolism and other disease factors, but jaundice persists after two weeks, the possibility of being diagnosed as breast milk jaundice will be high in this case.
However, as long as the baby’s weight gain is normal, mothers need not worry too much about breast-milk jaundice. The vast majority of babies with breast-milk jaundice do not need to stop breast-feeding.
Even if the baby needs light to treat jaundice, it can still continue breast-feeding. Only temporary separation of mother and child will make breast-feeding mothers feel depressed because they are worried about the baby’s health on the one hand, and frequent milking will make mothers exhausted physically and mentally on the other.
How to Nurse Jaundice Babies Continuing Breastfeeding?
The occurrence of breast milk jaundice has little effect on the baby, and only a small part will have severe nuclear jaundice.
These nursing methods should be avoided.
Yinzhihuang injection
Yinzhihuang Injection, a previously widely used anti-yellow medicine, is now expressly prohibited for infants. It may bring adverse reactions such as diarrhea and rash, which makes the safety of infants not guaranteed and is not recommended.
Sunlight exposure
At present, there is no evidence-based and effective sunlight exposure. On the contrary, sunburn may occur on the baby’s immature skin and cause burns.
Feed glucose
Feeding glucose is even more unreliable, increasing the burden on the baby’s pancreas, not only not relieving jaundice, but also damaging the baby’s health.
Correct nursing posture
In nursing jaundice babies, mothers still need to be bold and careful-boldly continue breast-feeding, carefully observe the baby’s condition, regularly follow up with doctors, monitor percutaneous bilirubin, and illuminate when it is time to illuminate.
In short, the principle is to choose correct and evidence-based treatment according to needs.
Finally, to clarify, breast-milk jaundice is often only a continuation of physiological jaundice, a phenomenon in the normal growth and development of babies, not a disease, not a syndrome, not even a roadblock to our breast-feeding. Babies with breast-milk jaundice can continue breast-feeding.
So, what are the situations where breast milk really needs to be stopped? Click here to review.