Dear Kescah,

1st dose give "PODOPHYLUM" 30C . Wait.

If no response , then 2nd dose.

2nd dose. Disolve the "PODO" 30C in 5-6 tablespoons of sterile distilled water (Sterile for child's sake).Stir vigorously.Administer only a drop to child.

At this point . Give 24 hours after 1st dose to see if there is any changes.

Be observant .


Please keep in touch.

Mama3, thanks. The baby nurses all night and sleeps days, but the mother tries to wake and nurse him. I will tell her that he should nurse 10 - 12 times. I think her allopath is telling her such things too, as she does pester the poor thing to nurse during the day. I do not know if the Mom's fears can be easily treated, as they are the result of trauma. I am considering GM's comments on the Calc c, etc. and taking everything into consideration. I wish I was more knowledgeable, but this really helps to have you all to talk with.

Ben, I have considered your advice on the 50M Sulph and Calc c. (Scary.) I would be thrilled to see the good results you speak of, but fear to do this on my own. What I will do is to tell her about it and let her decide. She is fairly inexperienced with homeopathy and may not feel qualified to decide. If you have more to say which may help her, great. But I will tell her what you already said. I am hesitant with Sulphur, if you have read any of my old posts on that subject. Can't remember what the thread was. Question: She will probably not want to do this immediately due to all these other things to handle. Will it have the same effect if not done in the first week of life? Thanks so much.

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Kescah

Hello,
You said the jaundice covered the baby's body - do you mean the torso? This is not at all unusual nor particularily concerning. Has the jandice moved into the palms of the hands or soles of the feet? Are the whites of the eyes yellowing?

Freqent nursing - at least once every 2 hours - and sunlight are first line of defense for jaundice. Exposing the baby to direct sunlight for 4 - 20 minute periods daily is quite effective. The baby does not need to be outside - a window which recieve a lot of sun is enough. The baby should be bare - or diaper only so that there is as much skin exposed as possible.

My own 2 babes were jaundiced due to an ABO incompatibility. The first was born at home and nursed with sunbathes daily. He was soon well on his way to clearing the bilirubin out of his body. The 2nd was born by C-Section because of her position (kneeling breech) and a lack of experienced care givers here in Manitoba. Because we were in the hospital she was removed from me and placed under "the lights." I wasn't allowed to nurse her for 4 days. It took weeks for her jaundice to clear up even though I was diligent about nursing her once I got her home. My point is - it is MUCH easier to prevent jaundice from becoming a problem than to treat it once it has already become a problem.

I usually have mothers take measures early on because if you wait until the jaundice is established you run into the vicious cycle of sleepy baby - hard to wake - falling alseep at the breast - who really needs to be nursing often.

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Babies hate the cold. Keeping the feet bare and touching them with a cold washcloth is a great way to wake baby. Washcloth on forehead good, too. Undressing baby and/or changing diaper are good waking tactics, too.

Kescah, Do you trust the remedies? Do you trust Potencies? If you look at the post on repetitions you will see what I mean. Also the Sulphur will clear up the jaundice in no time. As you saw in that post, it prevents baby jaundice. In this case I would not use a 50M but a 200c, to start and when the jaundice is gone completely, give the 50M. A bit of delay is not bad - just start as early as possible.

Kescah
Those threads on Sulp and Calc.C are "Any interest in discussing Psora" by Nativeson and "Pregnancy and travel" by me.

I would be interested to know what happened and the use of Sulp/Calc-c here.

Hello everyone, sorry for the delay in reporting on results. I have been too busy lately for anything to be done right. The baby is improving after one dose of Podo 30c. He did go up one point (bilirubin) the first day and then down 2 the second day. The stools were more solid the first day, and he seemed to feel well. Mama gives the remedy credit, though her doctor also told her that the time had come for him to improve on his own. She believes in the remedies, and I have shared with her the things you all have said. It is great to have this kind of help for a new mama trying to cope with all the difficulties she has had and without much sleep.

Do I trust the remedies? YES. Do I trust the potencies? Ummmmm... Sulphur high scares me- from experience. No damage, of course, just discomfort and then healing. But I would love to see the deepest possible healing for this baby and anyone else. When I get time I will read the Psora thread. I've been wanting to anyway. I have read the Pregnancy and travel thread. And when the Mama gets things back to normal (well......) she is going to come over and read all these things too. Thanks all, so much.

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Kescah