Baby Ian at day 5Some updates...
We were discharged on Monday afternoon, after our PD Dr Ong gave the green light. Ian was having slight jaundice, measuring 8-9. His weight has dropped to around 2.9kg, but that is normal for a newborn.
He has been sunbathing every morning since home and has been to his first PD visit yesterday to check his jaundice level. The clinic checked his weight (~3.15kg) and head circumference (34cm) before we saw the PD. While hubby went downstairs to make his birth certificate, I carried Ian into the laboratory where the technician jabbed his heel to draw some blood. It was the first time that I witnessed him crying so painfully. He was struggling. But thankfully, he stopped crying after a short while. There are more jabs to come when he goes for his other immunisation injections. Though it pains our hearts, it is for his own good.
We waited at Dr Ong's clinic for over 20mins to get the jaundice test results. As of yesterday morning, the level was ~13 which was still acceptable for a 5 day old infant. We must continue to sunbathe him and monitor for the week. If the stool is greyish or the urine is not pale-yellowish, then we must bring him back immediately.
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