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Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum and Childhood

An overlooked aspect of the newborn blood-brain barrier

Why collagen health needs to be considered for the health of all new babies

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Nikko Kennedy
Apr 01, 2025
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What do we know about protecting a newborn baby’s all-so-important blood brain barrier, especially in newborn jaundice?

When I first created my Quantum Newborn Jaundice mini-course, the most difficult part to research was not bilirubin cycles or understanding the dangers of intensive phototherapy—the research on all that is quite clear!

When I investigated bilirubin and phototherapy, I found out we really need to start working in pregnancy to avoid the trouble altogether, so that’s a huge focus inside the current version of the mini-course because I don’t see very many people talking about newborn jaundice prevention.

And of the people taking the course, several have already reached out to me telling me that after implementing the recommendations in the course, they have successfully had babies who have not needed phototherapy! Even though for these women, they have previously had one or more babies who did require the phototherapy.

These stories are so wonderful to hear, and exactly wh…

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