B's Checkup At the PD's

We (DC, our confinement lady and me) took B to her checkup today at 10:30am after DC sent A to his grandparent's house (he's going back to his childcare centre after 2 weeks of absence due to his cough). We got a shock when we arrived at the clinic! The clinic was so busy and packed with sick children!


Our PD Dr YY Yip was on leave this week and so we saw the relief PD, Dr William Yip. Fortunately, we needn't have to wait for very long for our turn (newborn privilege). B put on (now 2.52kg) and surpassed her birth weight of 2.49kg (Yay!). The PD was happy about it but noticed that she was yellowish and told us to take blood test.

We went to the 3rd floor for the blood test and fed the little hungry one before we headed down to the clinic to wait for the test results. We waited for a while. B's results showed that she had slight jaundice (level 11) but it was ok, she needn't stay in or go under photo light. The jaundice should go away in 1-2 weeks time. The PD assured us that it's mild and during this period, it is unlikely that the level will pass the threshold which is 15. :) All we need to do is to feed her regularly and when asked how much is enough, the PD gave me a formula: 150ml per kg per day (which is what she's getting - enough.).

We have to go back in 2 weeks' time for follow up but I wonder if we want to go back to this clinic again? It's really very packed!


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