Help regarding babies constipation please.

[overthinker001]

To take my DD to hospital?

Hiya. My nearly 8mo is struggling with constipation at the moment. This has been going on for 4/5 days now but yesterday and today she has started being sick everytime she strains. I have rung the gp and they have no appointments and told me to ring health visitor so I have done that and she is saying she needs seeing. So my question is would you go to a walk in centre or up the hospital? The tiny bit of poo she is passing is paler then normal and she is in pain when trying to go but other then that she is absolutely fine. I don’t know if would be wasting the hospitals time but I’m seeing conflicting things online. Just after some advice if anyone has any please. Thank you

Either ring HV back and ask do they advise AnE or walk in centre?
Or you can ring 111 for advise.

I would go as she's being sick. My daughter had constipation start at that age and it carried on until she was 4 (manageable with movicol) but you want to get onto it asap

I’d call the GP back and say it’s on the advice of the HV. Failing that try 111 and see if they can sort a GP appointment. If not then yes walk in centre if you have one locally that sees babies. Failing that A&E. I know HVs can be iffy sometimes but they are nurses or midwives with additional training so if they’ve said baby needs seeing I wouldn’t ignore. Just go through all the other options first and keep A&E as a last resort, not just because it shouldn’t really be an A&E matter if the GP was doing their job but also you’ll likely be waiting ages which won’t be nice with a small baby.

I’d give her lots of milk (so she’s really hydrated) and lots and lots of leg moving (eg hold her up and help her “jump” or get her kicking against your hands.

Youve been told to seek medical attention, so do that too, but with any luck she’ll drop the mother load before you are seen.

Have you tried prunes, apple juice, plenty of water, warm baths, tummy massages? Is she still breast or formula fed?