There are two common issues that concerns parents soon after baby's birth. And first one is the mucus in baby and the second one is jaundice baby. In the first few days of life jaundice is very common. The highest level of jaundice tends to be about day five of your baby's life.
When you will have gone home from hospital, so what is jaundice?
Jaundice is the yellow color to your baby's skin. It starts in the face and spreads down to the chest and tummy area out to the hands and feet. Your midwife or pediatric doctor might have given you advice while you're in the hospital.
If you think that the yellow color to your baby's skin is getting worse at home particularly if your baby is sleepy and not feeding well, you should talk to your public health nurse or GP. If you have serious concerns that your baby is not feeding you should attend your on-call GP or the nearest emergency department.
The second common issue after birth is a mucus in baby. Babies are often mucous the after delivery, particularly if they were born by cesarean section. They can often bring up milk after feeding. Speak with your midwife if you're worried about this.
It does usually settle in 48 hours of after birth. Newborn babies are at risk of infection and can become unwell very quickly. If you think that your baby is unwell, trust your instincts, never take a chance and always seek medical attention.
Answerted: Vivienne Fitzgibbon, Staff Midwife Neonatal Unit
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In four or five out of every 100 newborn babies, there is discharge of milk from the nipples. This is due to unusually high levels of the mother’s hormones that leak across the placenta during pregnancy. Premature babies never have this discharge, only those who are full term.
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