To still worry baby sick wasn't normal 18 years later?

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I think about this and have googled lots over the years never got an answer child is grown up and well BUT... I know newborn babies are sick lots but on way home from hospital when she was born she had black sick with black 'bits' in my partner said oh its fine I remember this happening with siblings normal nowt to worry bout. OK ... But never seen or heard a baby do this or ever read about it either so is it actually normal or not?!! I think maybe it was meconium ( is that a word!!) Anyone know?

I think after 18 years you shouldn’t worry. Is the baby-now-adult healthy?

18 years ago????

OP do you mean your curious? Or are you worried you should have acted but didn't and somehow got lucky with your son being ok?

He's well now and that's all that matters.

Could be tiny bits of meconium or dried blood (more likely).

Didn’t see you’d said black sick... hmm

Did you not mention it to your midwife at the time?

My son peed "brick dust" fortunately I had read something about it on the net if i hadn't had the internet i would have worried

I'm sure it was meconium or whatever the word is, my ds inhaled his so it all turned into a bit of an emergency but it had to be suctioned out but it can be swallowed rather than his smart way of inhaling it which would cause the black sick.

Yeah, meconium or blood - often plenty of both around at birth.

It's fine lots of newborns do this, normally we would say best to just get them looked over just in case but after 18 years I reckon your good!

Yes, completely normal. It isn’t normal to still be dwelling on it 18 years later, what did your midwife/health visitor/GP say at the time?

My baby’s sick over the first few days stained bedding etc... I thought it was horrific but normal (ignorance is bliss!). It was only when I realised a week or so later that his sick was easy to wash out of stuff I realised it must have changed.

I reasoned meconium but I’m not an expert!

Meconium - its the stuff that’s ingested when the baby is inside you. It can be a sign that the baby has been in distress when being born but the fact she sicked it up means she was probably just getting it all out of her system naturally - sometimes it has to be sucked out of the nasal passage/mouth.

You’re probably still thinking about it sometimes because it was shocking at the time - I do this - I reply things in my head like when my dd hit her head and fainted. It’s normal!

Months or years?

It was probably a bit of birthing "muck"that hadn't been cleared out that your baby swallowed 18 years is a long time to still have this at the back of your mind though.

Op , what is the reason you are still dwelling on this 18 years later?, especially as you say the child is grown up and well?

Thanks! Yes curious and always wondering! I can't remember what midwife said lol I am sure I must have mentioned it but equally I might not have asked as partner said totally normal and I didn't want to sound clueless! Has anyone else had this?

Yeah that's meconium. Put it out of your mind.

Ahh thanks for replies mind at rest now lol

DD did this : really barfed black stuff up at one day old. Nurse said it was some sort of mucus from the lungs that wasn't pushed out because she was a ceseaean.

My newborn baby did it too. We were still in hospital and they told me it was normal. I had forgotten all about this and my son is only 9. Well done for remembering it 18 years later!

It`s blood from the birth and not as uncommon as you think.
But 18 years lol.

If this was 18 hours I'm might suggest you mention it to mw for peace of mind but....