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Our Goal<br />

The health providers at the hospital take pain seriously. We will do our best to stop any<br />

pain your <strong>baby</strong> is having. If you have questions about the pain your <strong>baby</strong> may experience,<br />

please ask your <strong>baby</strong>’s nurse or doctor.<br />

ICTERICIA — JAUNDICE<br />

La ictericia es más común en los bebés alimentados con pecho. Aquí están algunas cosas<br />

que usted debe saber.<br />

Jaundice is more common in breast fed babies. Here are a few things <strong>for</strong> you to know.<br />

• Cuando su bebé sólo toma pequeñas cantidades de leche materna, sus intestinos no se<br />

están moviendo y la bilirrubina no puede ser eliminada en el excremento.<br />

When your <strong>baby</strong> only drinks small amounts of breast milk, his/her bowels aren’t<br />

moving and the bilirubin can’t be removed in the stools.<br />

• Los doctores recomiendan alimentar con pecho de manera contínua y frecuente (por<br />

lo menos 8 a 10 veces cada 24 horas).<br />

Doctors encourage continued and frequent breast-feeding (at least 8 to 10 times every<br />

24 hours).<br />

• Darle a su bebé agua, además de la leche materna, no va a disminuir su bilirrubina en<br />

la sangre.<br />

Giving your <strong>baby</strong> water, in addition to breast milk, will not decrease his/her bilirubin<br />

level.<br />

• En algunos casos, el médico de su bebé puede pedirle suplementar con fórmula o<br />

interrumpir temporalmente la leche materna substituyendo con la fórmula.<br />

In some cases, your <strong>baby</strong>’s doctor may encourage supplementation with <strong>for</strong>mula or<br />

the temporary interruption of breast-feeding with substitution of <strong>for</strong>mula.<br />

• Si le piden utilizar un método diferente por 1 a 2 días, continúe sacando la leche cada<br />

3 horas y guarde su leche materna como le enseñó su enfermera.<br />

If you are asked to use a different method of feeding <strong>for</strong> 1 to 2 days, continue to<br />

pump every 3 hours and store your breast milk as your nurse has taught you.<br />

La ictericia, en la mayoría de los casos, es normal e inofensiva, y generalmente<br />

desaparece para los diez días de nacido. Sin embargo, si la ictericia es severa, puede<br />

© MHA Immigrant, Refugee & Translation Services Steering Committee, 2004<br />

Care <strong>for</strong> Mother— Spanish<br />

October 2004<br />

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