Sentences with phrase «for meconium»

Believe it or not, this is the most common reason for meconium in the fluid.

Under the care of a midwife, you might be told to rest, have something to eat, and keep an eye out for any meconium staining.

Steph — I'm trying to remember what we did for the meconium.

The longer your little one remains in utero post due date, the greater the risk he or she has for meconium staining, which is a fancy phrase that boils down to this: Your baby's fecal matter making its way into the amniotic sac, raising the likelihood of infections and serious complications.

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You should be concerned if your baby has meconium stools for longer than three days.

For the first few days after birth, meconium will be passed by your baby.

Next, babies who were born to induced moms saw fewer instances of meconium staining, which is a potentially fatal situation for newborn babies.

When meconium was apparent, Lemay is said to have stayed at home with the labouring mother for many more hours.

Newborns have at least one or two of these meconium stools a day for the first two days.

I have also heard it works great for those first meconium diapers, as well.

This color and consistency may last for several days following birth until baby begins to receive milk and the meconium is cleared out of his system.

A baby who passes meconium and is fine a few minutes after birth will be fine and does not need to be in an incubator for several hours» «observation».

This sticky meconium poop can take a few days for the baby to pass out as their digestive tract gets working.

Regardless of your feeding choices, you will quickly learn the details of your baby's normal stool patterns shortly after the meconium and transition stools make way for their regular poop!

A few weeks ago, Nurse Melissa shared all her knowledge on diaper basics in a Facebook Live video and blog, including tips for boy vs. girl diapers, all things pee, and even baby's first meconium poops!

What you should look for is that your daughter's poop goes from the dark sticky meconium to regular baby poop.

I used disposables on both my girls for the first week until the meconium was gone.

For starters, a baby's first poop (or first couple poops) is meconium, which is something out of a goddamn nightmare.

Intrapartum stillbirths and early neonatal deaths accounted for 13 % of events, neonatal encephalopathy for 46 %, meconium aspiration syndrome for 30 %, brachial plexus injury for 8 %, and fractured humerus or clavicle for 4 % (see appendix 8 on bmj.com for distributions by planned place of birth).

I've had 3 recently and the only reason they ever took my baby away was for resuscitation and sucking out meconium.

I was also tested for GBstrep and if it came back positive I would have been given antibiotics during labor (at home), she also would not offer a water birth if there was any sign of meconium once my waters broke.

It also has a laxative effect for newborns, helping them to pass their tarry first stools known as meconium and thus expel bilirubin.

It's inevitable and natural, but most new parents don't know the difference between meconium and transitional stool and what to look for.

Place of birth and death for 26 infants dying from intrapartum asphyxia, including shoulder dystocia and meconium aspiration

Other reasons to transfer to the hospital during labor: non-reassuring fetal heart tones, thick meconium and the birth not imminent, malpresentation of the fetus (e.g. footling breech), maternal fever, broken bag of waters and no labor for an extended amount of time.

The baby may pass meconium for a day or two, but as baby feeds more, the stool will change to a lighter greenish - yellowish color, depending on what he eats.

I did rooming in for my second and similarly, I was up at 2 am changing a meconium diaper.

I had an attempted homebirth and transfer for a very long, slow, ineffective labor with broken waters, meconium, etc..

Your doctor will still monitor your baby for breathing problems if they noticed meconium in the amniotic fluid but believe that your baby did not inhale it.

Interestingly suctioning is no longer recommended for 90 % of babies who are breathing, have good color, and no meconium at birth, since it is so aversive to the baby's comfort with sucking, and often with touching the back of the throat causes a severe lowering of the heart rate.

Usually, most babies continue to pass meconium for the first day or two after birth.

Soon after the midwife left for the night, Adam's water broke and she noticed there was meconium in it.

These included clinical assessment skills in the antenatal period, documentation of instructions given to clients to ensure that midwives could arrive at the birth in a timely fashion, early transport after identification of thick meconium in the amniotic fluid and active management of the third stage of labour for women at risk for postpartum hemorrhage.11

Babies exposed to thick meconium who are not vigorous at birth may be disadvantaged in the home birth group, particularly in view of the trend toward increased need for assisted ventilation in this group.

Reasons for emergency transports were the following: avoidance of unattended home birth (1), no supervisor available for a conditional midwife in the process of completing the requirements for general registration (1), fetal heart rate decelerations (7), breech presentation diagnosed in labour (2), active herpes in labour (1), thick meconium in labour (2), second - stage arrest of labour (1), hemorrhage (3), retained placenta (3), repair of episiotomy (2), newborn with respiratory distress (5), newborn with birth asphyxia (2), newborn with distended abdomen (1).

It's also a great laxative, which makes it easy for me to get all that black, tarry meconium out of me and we can move on to the seedy, yellow - brown poops that are much easier to clean off my sweet tushie.

Since meconium is made of amniotic fluid, mucus, skin cells, and other stuff ingested in utero, it doesn't really smell — so you may not realize it's time for a diaper change.

For the first few days after delivery, the baby passes meconium, a dark green, almost black, substance.

Since colostrum is purgative, it pushes out meconium in case it is still there when nursing for the first time.

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Diapers Wipes Bum cream (applied early helps those meconium poops wipe off easier) 3 sleepers A stuffed animal or a lovie for your first pictures

Rates of perinatal mortality, 5 - minute Apgar scores, meconium aspiration syndrome or need for transfer to a different hospital for specialized newborn care were very similar for the home birth group and for births in hospital attended by a physician.

I ended up having to transfer to a hospital for my first birth (long labor and meconium particulates in the water), and while it was necessary and I am extremely grateful for the care they provided my daughter, the experience wasn't reflective of a natural process.

Diaper Changing: Coconut oil is great for soothing diaper rash and getting rid of stubborn meconium your baby might have during the first few days.

And also for disposable diapers, in fine writing and or the websites, they say to put the poop in the toilet (just like cloth users do) because meconium and just poop are very bad for the environment.

If you have meconium - stained amniotic fluid, you may begin to worry about what this means for the rest of your labor, especially if you were planning a birth center birth or home birth.

For newborns, meconium analysis can detect fetal exposure to lead, mercury, cadmium and other toxic metals, DDT and pesticide exposure as well as alcohol, tobacco use and illicit drug use.

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