Milla Jovovich has shared an update on her newborn daughter’s case of jaundice.
The 44-year-old actress took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a picture of Osian, the latest addition to her brood, sleeping in a ‘Bili Blanket’.
According to the Resident Evil star, the medical device ‘uses blue light to break down the bilirubin antibodies in her blood’ that cause the yellowish pigmentation in the baby’s skin.
Her girls: Milla Jovovich, 44, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a picture of Osian, the latest addition to her brood, sleeping in a ‘Bili Blanket’
The actress’ caption read, ‘Poor baby Osian has been having a hard time kicking her jaundice since she was born, but finally we got it under control enough to take her home with a “Bili Blanket” which uses blue light to break down the bilirubin antibodies in her blood.’
‘It has a ventilator attached through a tube so it doesn’t overheat which was a bit scary at first, but now I’m used to it i suppose.’
‘I wish sunlight was enough, but because of our blood type incompatibility sunlight alone won’t help her’.
‘Here is a pic that the awesome “chrissbrenner took of what our situation is at the moment.’
‘I mean apart from the blue blanket, I could stay like this forever! Laying around in my pj’s all day long nursing a sweet little tiny baby! It’s literally heaven for me.’
‘All the time I think that I’m living the best days of my life right now, while these kids are still little! There is nothing better, having them all around us. Spending our days together.’
New arrival: Milla Jovovich shared a cute photo of daughter Dashiell, four, feeding newborn baby Osian on Monday and explained the infant has ‘a bad case of jaundice’
She gave birth to her third daughter on February 2.
And on Monday, Milla Jovovich shared that the newborn named Osian has ‘a bad case of jaundice’ and she’s been in and out of the hospital for tests.
Posting a sweet photo of middle daughter Dashiel, four, giving her baby sister a bottle, Milla explained on Instagram: ‘I’ve had to supplement with expressed breast milk because Osian has a bad case of jaundice that she hasn’t been able to kick, so we’ve been in and out of the hospital all week and they said the more milk she eats the quicker she’ll get them all out.
‘But she falls asleep so quickly breastfeeding that we’ve had to do the bottle feedings so she gets as much as possible.’
Regimen: Milla said she has to supplement breastfeeding with bottle-feeding as the baby needs to eat every couple of hours to help rid her body of bilirubin, which causes the yellowing
Milla went on: ‘Poor one has so many little scratches on her heels where they’ve taken blood to test her for antibodies, it makes my heart hurt to think about. But hopefully the blood test they did today will show that she’s all better.’
According to the Mayo Clinic, infant jaundice is a common condition and causes a yellow discoloration of the baby’s skin and eyes that becomes apparent between two and four days after the birth.
It’s due to an excess of bilirubin, a yellow pigment of red blood cells, and occurs because a newborn’s immature liver isn’t able to remove it quickly enough from the body.
In most cases, the Mayo Clinic states, simply making sure the infant is fed every couple of hours is sufficient to correct the problem.
Sweet: The little girl was born on February 2 and her full name is Osian Lark Elliot Jovovich-Anderson
Family: The Resident evil star shares her daughters Osian, Dashiell, and Ever, 12, with filmmaker husband Paul W. S. Anderson, 54, whom she married in 2009
Both Dashiel and older sister Ever, 12, have been hands on in helping to care for the new addition to the family.
Milla has shared photos of both girls with the baby and gushed over their excitement and love for little Osian.
‘I can already see that Osian will grow up with not one, but two mamas in our house!’ she wrote on Instagram.
The Resident Evil star shares her children with filmmaker husband Paul W. S. Anderson, 54, whom she married in 2009.
The baby’s full name is Osian Lark Elliot Jovovich-Anderson and Milla shared with her social media followers why it’s a long one.
‘Osian is a welsh boy’s name and it’s pronounced O-shin. Now I know the name is long, but the family couldn’t agree on her middle name. Ever and my mom wanted Lark, @dashielanderson and I wanted Elliot,’ she said.
‘Then my husband Paul chimes in with another vote for Lark, so Smushy and I were out numbered! At least she has many to choose from later in life if she wants to drop a few.’
Mommy’s helpers: Dashiel and Ever are hands on in helping to care for Osian. ‘I can already see that Osian will grow up with not one, but two mamas in our house!’ Milla wrote on Instagram
