1st Pediatrician Appointment

Today was Emma's first visit to the pediatrician. We had to go and get her weighed and also to check her billirubin level. They checked it in the hospital and from Monday morning till Tuesday morning it had doubled, so they wanted to recheck it today. She had started showing symptoms of jaundice too. Well, her level today was over 20, which is very high. So the doctor sent us home and said that she was going to send Advanced Home Care to our house to set up a phototherapy for Emma. It is a special light that she lays on that will lower her bili level. She has to stay on this light as much as possible. We only take her off to change her or to feed her. We have to go back to the doctor on Saturday to get her re-weighed and to check her level again. Since she is so jaundice right now, she is sleeping a lot and she hasn't been breastfeeding as well as she was before, but I am able to pump and give her what she needs. Hopefully by Saturday, she will be better and won't have to have this light under her anymore.