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To think pregnant women should be made aware of this?!

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mum2Bomg · 22/07/2016 08:32

I'm putting this here for awareness more than anything else.

I've just been told (warned) about something by a friend. I told her I was having a little girl as we found out at the scan. She's now told me that some newborn baby girls can have bleeding similar to a period.

Why does no one tell you these things? I would have absolutely freaked out and run to he hospital if I hadn't known!

Is this common knowledge? I used to work in childcare and no one has ever mentioned this.

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PonchosLament · 22/07/2016 09:02

I knew. I thought it was common knowledge, tbh.

monkeysox · 22/07/2016 09:08

My ds had red in his wee when first born and midwife in hospital said was from hormones. Weird isn't it

ExitPursuedByABear · 22/07/2016 09:08

Well, dd is 16, I am well read, well educated, went to nct classes (although no ante natal classes) and I never knew about this until this thread.

HeteronormativeHaybales · 22/07/2016 09:09

It happened to mine, a tiny bit, and I recalled the info from somewhere but my aftercare MW was visiting anyway and saw it and said it was fine.

Yy to GBS awareness.

gingerboy1912 · 22/07/2016 09:12

I had boys so didn't know about bleeding but my sister in law has all girls and she was told about it but not until the baby had been born. Can I just add I was gob smacked when I had my first dc and saw that breast milk came out of more than one hole in my nipple, Blush so you aren't alone op with not knowing everything.

IAmAPaleontologist · 22/07/2016 09:13

Smile you should be told about things to expect and look out for with your newborn when you are discharged home (or by the midwife at home if you have a home birth). They won't tell you this early in pregnancy as you'd just feel bombarded with information! As you are finding out there is a lot of information and stuff to know out there so pace yourself and look into things that are relevant to your stage of pregnancy and preparation for labour and birth else you'll drive yourself demented.

blackheartsgirl · 22/07/2016 09:15

It happened to all 3 of my girls and my son had huge testicles!

MrsDoylesTeaParty · 22/07/2016 09:15

I did so much reading beforehand and never knew this! I had a boy though. You learn something new every day Smile

Bloopbleep · 22/07/2016 09:16

I remember being reading about this in the NHS literature they gave me. That was 7 years ago

TurquoiseDress · 22/07/2016 09:16

I agree group B strep far more important to be aware of

I'd read about (the possible bleeding) while pregnant but as we knew we were having a boy, didn't give it another thought

Bloopbleep · 22/07/2016 09:16

It also didn't happen to my dd

DollyBarton · 22/07/2016 09:17

I was told this on all 3 of my babies. Also about lactating.

babybythesea · 22/07/2016 09:19

I didn't know this. I did read a couple of baby books and attend classes (not NCT but the equivalent where we lived) and it didn't come up once. Nor did any midwife or similar mention it either in hospital or during the home checks afterwards. I've had 2 DDs.
So it is possible to be well informed generally and still miss out on a piece of info.

Kione · 22/07/2016 09:19

I read about this on the "What to expect the first year" book. To me, it is an excellent book for a new parent, I might even buy it again now that I am expecting my second. We called it The Bible.

Kione · 22/07/2016 09:20

Gingerboy, I was surprised with the same thing re. breast milk!!

Ubercorn · 22/07/2016 09:21

I got told this when I had DD, the MW mentioned it when we got discharged from hospital and then the community MW mentioned it on her first home visit.

DS2 had the red wee, I wasn't expecting it and didn't know it was a thing until it happened and I rang the community MW to ask what I should do. She was due out that day anyway so she asked us to hang onto the nappy with the blood in it and when she arrived she checked to make sure it wasn't loads then had a quick look a DS willy to check it wasn't from a cut or a sore rather than urine crystals.

DS1 got the swollen nipples. One of them stayed swollen after a few days and gradually got bigger, then it filled up with green and red gunk. He had to have antibiotics while we waited for it to burst (which it eventually did, all over a white babygro).

For his part, DH didn't know breastfed babies poo. He just sort of assumed that they didn't Hmm

OiWithThePoodlesAlready · 22/07/2016 09:22

It happened to dd1 and I ran to the midwife station in a panic!

Dd2 had it as well but not as much and obviously I knew it was nothing to worry a out by then.

Was1969 · 22/07/2016 09:23

I knew this, I don't remember where I heard it but I knew. Having said that I read so many baby books when I was expecting it was probably in one of them.

AButterflyLightsBesideUs · 22/07/2016 09:27

I knew about this, it didn't happen, but newborn DD did have a few drops of milk come from her nipples.

Pippin8 · 22/07/2016 09:28

It's called pseudo menstruation & is quite normal in newborn baby girls.
They are withdrawing from the pregnancy hormones. As a midwife, I always told parents about this when they were disharged.

spacefrog35 · 22/07/2016 09:32

My midwife told me. I thought it was common knowledge but I guess I was just lucky with the midwives I had.

dodobookends · 22/07/2016 09:34

I thought it was common knowledge too.

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 22/07/2016 09:36

I knew this 15 years ago, thought it was common knowledge.

BastardGoDarkly · 22/07/2016 09:39

Nope! Never knew that could happen! Dd is 5 now, so I've swerved that one, thank god, I would definitely have freaked.

WizardOfToss · 22/07/2016 09:40

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