Sentences with phrase «excrete meconium»

Also, if the baby shows signs of distress, has excreted meconium prior to delivery or if the placenta can not be delivered intact, a transfer to the hospital is necessary.

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Meconium is a normal part of the baby's development and is a build - up of ingested amniotic fluid that is excreted each day within the womb.

In the first few days when meconium is being excreted rather than breast milk poo, disposables can be better as meconium stains are very difficult to remove from cloth diapers.

When this occurs, the meconium is excreted into the amniotic fluid.

While many children suffer meconium aspiration at birth with few long - term effects, some will develop meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) as a result of breathing in the waste products they excreted in the womb.