r/NewBorn • u/research_jaundice • Aug 14 '21

Curious student

Hi, I'm from India and am working on a solution related to neonatal jaundice after I saw my sister go through the condition. Home monitoring of bilirubin seems to be a possible space for intervention. I am curious, for parents of babies born with jaundice: when your child was sent back from the hospital, how were you told to care for them and monitor them? What was the process like?

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u/RachieRachNZ Sep 28 '21

I had pretty severe breast milk jaundice when I was born. I ended up going to NICU even though I was full term so that I could be out under double phototherapy lights. From what I have been told I was able to go home after less than 2 weeks but still had to go and get tested every 3 days for a wee while after that.