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

[mum2Bomg]

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.

Even if no one tells you the chances of you having to "run" to the hospital aren't very high anyway. You tend to get given phone numbers. I had the phone number for the postnatal ward for any middle of the night problems and a phone number for the community midwife.

So when dd started vomiting bright red blood I rang the phone number (sobbing hysterically). Midwife pointed out it was probably my blood from my sore boobs and dd had ingested it while feeding. She came straight round to see us and sort out the poor latch!

There does tend to be support.

Not sure how I've missed this from the comments, but this is the first time I've heard of the bleeding or the lactating and I'm pregnant with DD2 at the moment!

My mum warned me about this years ago, so I was prepared for it. It was my husband who got the blood and mucus in the nappy though, scared him to death even though I had warned him!
I did read a tiny section on it in one of the pregnancy books(can't remember which) but it was a bit blink and you'll miss it. Non of the HCP I saw during pregnancy mentioned it either. I will be mentioning it to any pregnant friends from now on!