Jan wrote:

> >Nancy, this is shocking!  Was the bili determined to be related solely to
> >breastfeeding -- or rather, the lack of it?  Showing my ignorance here, but
> in my
> >30+ years in maternal child health nursing I've never seen a bili of 40,
> not
> >even in an extremely dehydrated infant that was due to "lack of
> >breastfeeding."
>
> I worked baby after he was admitted to a hospital with a bili in the 50s and
> the baby is fine. Now a toddler and no hearing loss, very intelligent.  Baby
> was not as lethargic as you'd expect.
>
> So there might be hope for this child with a 40 that no long-term damage has
> occurred.
>
> Mardrey Swenson IBCLC


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