If you plan to breastfeed your baby, then don't take any herbal pills like 'SO HUP' pills, regardless of what the salesperson said.
Take it from me.. I paid a heavy price for trusting a saleslady from Mid Valley Eu Yang Sang branch.
Take it from me.. I paid a heavy price for trusting a saleslady from Mid Valley Eu Yang Sang branch.
Through breastfeeding my baby was indirectly consuming those herbs and his small-yet-to-fully-develop liver was unable to process it and it became toxic to his body.
It was these toxic which caused him to have high *jaundice or skin appearing yellow.
*[granted that having assisted vacuum during natural delivery will also contribute to higher risk of jaundice.. Yes you read correctly, babies which were delivered through natural birth using vacuum to suck the baby out will also tend to have jaundice].
*[granted that having assisted vacuum during natural delivery will also contribute to higher risk of jaundice.. Yes you read correctly, babies which were delivered through natural birth using vacuum to suck the baby out will also tend to have jaundice].
But consuming more than 1 1/2 boxes of 'so hup' pills push the jaundice reading higher.
By Day 6 when I sent my baby for check up, his jaundice reading was 361 umol/l approximately 20.63mg/dL.
Apparently in Malaysia once the level reach 400 umol/l the baby will have to go for a blood exchange with possible risk of brain and ear damage.
Since it was 361, my baby went through hospital admission for 2 days 1 night with photo therapy with 2 lights.
While he was in hospital, the jaundice level had to be monitored every 6 hours through blood test. It was really heart wrenching to hear his loud cries as the doctors try to find the correct tiny veins on his tiny hands. Imagine doing this every 6 hours T.T
After checking out of the hospital, we have to continue to monitor the level at local government clinic by drawing blood too but thankfully this time from his heel.
The whole ordeal took 2 weeks to end and all because of the simple mistake of taking herbal concoctions while breastfeeding!
So if you plan to breastfeed, please steer clear of ALL herbal potions. Just consume normal chicken soup etc for nourishment.
Because apparently most emergency wards are not as effective as it should be, especially when your emergencies happen at night!
It can really SAVE LIVES if you know what to do and where to go for medical help. I hope what I learnt the hard way can help you avoid the same mistake and HEARTBREAK which I went through with Hospital Pantai Cheras and Ampang services, so CLICK baby-jaundice-emergency-what-to-do.
Good post. I guess all traditional jamunalso cannot during the first month after delivery. Myb just eat healthily from a normal meal :)
ReplyDeleteI guess jamu will also fall into the herbal remedies because when breastfeeding, baby's health comes first.
DeleteOnce I fell sick (cough and flu) while breastfeeding, I inform my GP and all he gave was nasal spray for flu and PROSPAN syrup for flu, which are very very mild medication.