My dd was born at 37+5 on the 7th Sep. On the 11th we were readmitted due to jaundice as she had just crossed the phototherapy threshold. She had phototherapy treatment for about 19 hours when the levels had reduced enough to not need it. We were then retested 12 hours later and the levels had dropped again so we were discharged home. I was advised they did not need to do any further tests/ checks, but our community midwife would have a look and could refer us back in if concerned. The main thing for us to look out for was lethargy, yellowing of the skin, not feeding, no wet/ dirty nappies.
I am ebf and we have been feeding every 2.5- 3 hours. She also cluster feeds every hour in the evening. At her 10 day check yesterday she was back to her brith weight and has wake windows of around 30-60 minutes where she is alert. We have lots of wet and dirty nappies, yellow poo, so happy that she is feeding well and gaining weight.
My only concern is that she still has a yellow tinge to her skin, particularly on her face. I have spoken to the health visitor who came yesterday. She used to be a midwife and said her face was a little yellow but her body looked okay and didn't seem too concerned. I have also spoken to the midwife on the phone and said about the alertness, feeding, nappies and yellow colour who also didn't seem too concerned. However, I have asked the midwife to have sight of her which they have booked in for Saturday morning so they can check, otherwise they kept insisting on discharging us over the phone.
My husband and rest of my family think her colour has improved from last week, and in certain lights she doesn't look yellow at all. However, I feel really paranoid about it. Our first daughter was jaundice, but never met the threshold for treatment and it just went on its own with regular breastfeeding. But I honestly cannot remember how long she had the yellow colour for. How long does the yellow tinge lasts, even if everything else seems to be progressing in the right direction?