I think I would be tempted to say that mild jaundice is normal. I can't see primative man cutting the cord so quickly as we do and somehow he managed to survive and even proliferate. Where I work we do a lot of physiological third stages, late cord clamping and early breastfeeding and many babies have a bit of jaundice colour but it is not pathological. We do very few SBR blood tests. Probably helps that we don't have onsite pathology, it has to go to the tertiary hospital so it makes one think if one really needs to. Haven't had to use the phototherapy for ages. Cheers Judy --- Nicole Carver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There are some who believe the higher levels of antioxidants > caused by > jaundice may be protective of babies, and mild jaundice 'may' > be normal. > Nicole. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of lisa > chalmers > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:48 AM > To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Induction and third stage labour > > > My experience of this, is that if the cords are not cut until > they have > finished pulsing, babies seem to develop jaundice for > longer..(that the > usual standards) . That makes complete sense to me, since they > get more > blood than babes that had cords clamped and cut quickley. > I'm sure I read somewhere that babies are deprived of as much > as 25% of > their blood volume by cutting the cord. > Nearly everyone I know that did not cut the cord, had babies > that developed > Jaundice. Nothing serious just yellowing. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrea Quanchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au> > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:33 AM > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Induction and third stage labour > > > > 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > >> Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > >> > > > > -- > > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.10/119 - Release > Date: 4/10/2005 > > > > > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Messenger 7.0: Free worldwide PC to PC calls http://au.messenger.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
