jaundice resolved -thank you!

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Well, as I had hoped, I worried prematurely about the breastfeeding jaundice.

We went in for her recheck, and her bili level had dropped quite a bit. So the

NP said not to

worry, it can't be breastfeeding jaundice. Thank you all so much for all of

your helpful info. It terrifies me when people say anything that might

interfere with the

breastfeeding, so I figured it would be best to be forewarned and forearmed if

the docs wanted to take her off my milk. I think since she was 2 1/2 weeks

early, her liver is

probably more immature than normal, so it might take longer for the jaundice to

completely resolve. But she looks fine now, and the doc is not concerned.

Now I just have to deal with a somewhat painful plugged duct which led to a high

fever for me. The fever is gone now (I'm on antibiotics) but the duct is still

plugged.

Thankfully, my hospital has an awesome lactation consultant who's helping me to

resolve it, hopefully.

Thanks again for all of your input.

Leena