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Re: Baby's stool for Claudia

From: ABD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 21:42:10 -0500 (CDT)

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You should call La Leche League for advice. the volunteers are incerdibly helpful and knowlegable. Good luck. At Tue, 5 Sep 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I thought that I would just add my two cents and say that Karen has
>written a reply that is 100% correct. Green poop particularly if it is
>pea green to dark green is a sign of too much foremilk. Foremilk is
>higher in lactose than hindmilk thus if the baby eats the foremilk of
>both breasts then she/he is likely to have green poop and gas. The
>solution is simple. Only nurse on one breast per feeding (a baby can
>easily get all the milk it needs from one breast) thus you make sure
>that the hindmilk is consumed. Both my kids had this problem and only
>required one breast per feeding until they were around six months old.
>It is important for your own comfort to try to remember which breast you
>fed on last if you use the same breast two times in a row you can get
>pretty uncomfortable. Although it is kinda easy to tell which one is
>fuller. So your doctor is sort of right, green poop is a variation of
>normal but for the comfort of mother and baby the problem can be
>corrected. Both nursing books and lactation consultants can help you
>with this (in fact the first question my lactation consultant asked me
>when I called her about my son having gas was "are his poops green?"). I
>my experience what you eat does not really effect the colour of the
>baby's poops. Unlike the baby eating solid foods which give you some
>stuning shades of orange :). Hope this info helps.
>Nancy
>
>At Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Robin wrote:
>>
>>Yes, I am eating a lot of veggetables and fruits. Could that cause
>>it??? Where does this smell come from? Our MD never goes into details,
>>he just said it is normal, nothing to worry about, but I feel that
>>something is wrong...
>>
>>At Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Claudia Twisdale RN wrote:
>>>
>>>Has Mom been eating a lot of veggies? Why not call baby's MD and talk to
>>>her/him?
>>>
>>>At Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Robin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hi, my baby is 5 weeks old, and he has been passing green stool for the
>>>>past few days. This stool smells awful (he is exclusively brestfed),
>>>>and contains some mucus.
>>>>I am worried, since he is gassy, and he cries a lot.
>>>>PLease, help.

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