My baby girl has jaundice and doctor asked to start supplementing with formula - I have been EBF my daughter, she’s a week old today. She was 7lbs 8oz at birth 02/07 7lbs 1oz when discharged 02/08 and then dropped weight to 6lbs 1oz on 07/10. We’ve been through phototherapy already and when released from the hospital yesterday her levels had lowered to 13.1 and today they tested her again and they went up again to 16.4. She’s also been gaining some of the weight back, today she weighed 6lbs 12oz.

I was feeling so empowered with breastfeeding I got so bummed when doctor sent me home with a can of formula.

For those of you who had to supplement, how did you do it? Currently I’m breastfeeding her for 10-15 mins and then giving her a bottle with formula. Also, how long did your baby’s breast milk jaundice last? Were you able to go back to EBF?