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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.

OP posts:
RosaBee · 22/07/2016 18:55

It didn't happen to my oldest daughter but did my youngest. I knew but husband panicked.

FasterThanASnakeAndAMongoose · 22/07/2016 18:58

I was told at NCT, and at the NHS antenatal classes. My community midwife mentioned it, and so did the midwife on the postnatal ward.

Alfieisnoisy · 22/07/2016 18:59

I always used to tell parents of girls that this could happen. Same as with boys who can develop small breasts for a few days.

hels71 · 22/07/2016 19:03

I didn't know this either and DD had both swollen breasts and a bleed...I have never panicked so much...thankfully my friend calmed me down s it had happened to her daughter too.

AGnu · 22/07/2016 19:06

I had no idea until now! I've had 2 DC but both boys & we knew from 20 weeks that they'd be boys so it's possible I filtered out non-relevant information at antenatal classes.

Calminacrisis · 22/07/2016 19:16

I have four DDs. Two of them had the little bleed, two didn't. It's a bit unnerving at first but passes quickly. Actually, happened to DDs of several of my NCT group so I don't know that it is that rare.

Coldest · 22/07/2016 19:26

It happened to my friends daughter and she was very freaked out.

Jenpenwen1 · 22/07/2016 19:31

I never knew about this throughout my pregnancy. But before I was discharged from hospital the midwife there explained lots of things and that was one of them.

Sparrowlegs248 · 22/07/2016 19:37

I was told this at an NHS ante natal class.

IveGotCheese · 24/07/2016 12:58

After I had DD, my mum told me I bled and lactated when I was born

MissDuke · 24/07/2016 13:06

I know thisbecause I am a midwife, I did not know it when I had my own dd a long time ago and I read everything available to me! I now be sure and tell mums so they don't panic if it happens. Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy op Flowers

ToriaPumpkin · 24/07/2016 13:14

I knew because my mum's a midwife and a friend who is a nurse mentioned it. It was also mentioned by the paeds Dr and nurses we spent five days with. It did happen to DD, just a bit of spotting, we were in hospital at the time being treated for jaundice so they checked and said it was normal.

Scotmum83 · 24/07/2016 14:30

I was told in our antenatal class, pretty sure hv mentioned it too.

ittooshallpass · 24/07/2016 15:09

I knew about this, but it didn't happen for my DD.

clarka · 24/07/2016 15:12

I read about this when doing research before giving birth, was told during nhs antenatal class and was also told by the midwife after DD was born. It did happen to DD, lasted a couple of days.

ChocChocPorridge · 24/07/2016 15:16

I read it in my NHS book I think..

Also read about boys getting little boobs! - which DS2 did, went away in a couple of weeks (as did the horrible, tender lumps on my vulva thank God - and nothing had warned me that that could be a possibility, although the midwife at my 2 week checkup didn't seem to think they were unusual)

ifcatscouldtalk · 24/07/2016 15:45

Well I never knew. I had dd 11 years ago and read a book that didn't mention this. In fairness I only attended one antenatal class as she was born prematurely but no midwife or health visitor mentioned it either. Infact I don't think strep b was mentioned either. When i reflect I was fairly young when I had dd and think i'd be a lot more questioning of everything now.

backtowork2015 · 24/07/2016 18:17

Sorry haven't rtft but wanted to add my dd did bleed a little and my ds did lactate. ... better than I did Grin it's called witches milk I heard, witches would collect it for spells

Sgtmajormummy · 24/07/2016 18:26

Yes, it happened to DD. I hadn't heard of it but just put it down to my blood and hormones still in her system, a bit like newborn jaundice when the extra blood has to be metabolised.
Poor mite.

contrary13 · 24/07/2016 18:34

I knew 20 years ago when my DD was born - and my aunt knew 30 years ago when my cousin was born, so figure it's fairly common knowledge.

Now Group 'B' Strep is something that pregnant women ought to be made aware of as that information is sorely lacking during antenatal care... never mind testing for it!

Masketti · 24/07/2016 21:10

It happened with DD1 but not DD2. Pretty much everything in the first few weeks that went wrong was blamed on 'mum's hormones' like baby acne and the bleeding so I wish it had been covered more thoroughly in my antenatal classes.

Winehound84 · 25/07/2016 05:23

Bleeding is an exaggeration.. its like one light spot of something slightly red for a few days. But maybe it was different for other mums.

BagPusscatnip · 25/07/2016 07:02

My mum warned me about this when I was pregnant with DD1 as it had happened to me and my mum was freaked out. It didn't happen to either of my DD's though.

ArghArghArgh · 25/07/2016 10:11

We had this and lactating! It's a bit unsettling. I think all my kids had the little breasts though which look painful Sad

RobinsAreTerritorialFuckers · 25/07/2016 11:09

I knew this, and don't yet have children.

I have been on MN for a considerable time, though. Blush

DP is a lot less baby-oriented than me and I have been enjoying a gentle drip-drip of disconcerting information. The day she found out about lochia was a fun one. Grin