There are many reasons that influence whether a baby gets jaundiced or
not
Two of these are
1. prematurity ( of the liver as well as dates, some babies livers take
ages to be efficient enough to clear the jaundice.
2. Not passing mec soon after birth. The longer the mec stays inside
the more bilirubin is reabsorbed increasing the workload of the
immature system. This is usually influenced by how quickly the baby is
able to feed.
The thing about synt is that it is often used to augment labour in a
woman who has been labouring for hours or to induce labour in a woman
who is not yet ready to go into labour and the result is a tired mother
and baby who often dont come together well to feed without good
assistance. This is often not forthcoming in the hurry to get things
cleaned up, the move to the postnatal ward and paper work to be done.
Ask your friend and she will probably not have seen jaundice in a woman
who has had synt but had a quick labour. Most women who birth in
hospitals have synt in some form or other for 3rd stage and the level
of jaundice in some settings is very low. I would suggest it may be in
direct relationship to the length of time until feeding is established.
I think the whole reason synt is being used is the concern rather than
blaming the synt for jaundice alone.
Andrea Q
On 06/10/2005, at 2:03 AM, Belinda wrote:
I have a friend who has been a ipm for many years and she believes
that babies are more likely to get jaundiced when the mother has had
synto, it makes sense of they get that extra unneccessary boost of
blood.
Belinda
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