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12 day old not pooed for a few days

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thomsc · 01/10/2006 15:10

Our 12 day old ds has not pooed for four days. Wees plenty! but no poo.

Has been a little lazy bf'ing (often going straight to sleep after a few minutes) but now seems to be getting the hang of it. Have been 'topping up' with formula as per MWs advice (he lost a little too much weight)

He seems to be 'straining' sometimes - not just wind, and cries when doing so. Farts a fair amount!

Other than this he seems happy and healthy.

I'm a bit worried, and not really sure how to help the little mite.

From a New Dad

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thomsc · 04/10/2006 11:55

nowt.

GP had a little probe... poor little chap... and there's something there as it were. she spoke to a paed registrar at Kings and they said try a suppository tomorrow if nothing happens.

I'll give him some more OJ today.

he does seem calmer. he woke for his feeds bang on 3 hours each time last night!

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tortoiseshell · 04/10/2006 12:46

sorry he's still in discomfort. Just a thought, could your wife eat some prunes etc - I'm sure I've heard that can pass through the milk, though I may be talking absolute rubbish here!

tiktok · 04/10/2006 14:06

What does he weigh, thomsc?

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thomsc · 04/10/2006 21:37

Announcing the arrival at 2105 tonight of Jacob's poo! with a very audible POP.

Phew.

Without all the gory details, a lot of 'transitional' and some mustardy.

Just within the 'next 24hrs' predicted by the CO. and without the suppository we picked up this afternoon from the GP.

Tiktok - he's 3.3kg (3.5kg at birth). I imagine he's slightly lighter tonight... but feeding well and happy and alert etc.

Thank you all for you ideas and support. I'll keep you posted!

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tiktok · 04/10/2006 23:19

That's good and a relief all round, thomsc

It's unusual for a baby of 16 days old to be this much below birthweight still, without there being a feeding issue.

But you are confident all is well, and you have seen people, and the feeding you say is going ok.

I think it would be sensible to have him weighed again, in a few days, to make sure he is catching up.

Sorry to bang on about it.

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thomsc · 05/10/2006 01:53

no need to apologise.

The MW is coming on Friday I think (i need to check the diary).

And I still need to get some scales. DW and I never used them.

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tiktok · 05/10/2006 10:28

Thomsc, if the midwife has spring balance, that's not good enough. You don't need to get scales yourself. You can just take your baby to a baby clinic, or your GP's surgery, and ask for your baby to be weighed on electronic scales...I assume that 3.3 kg weight was done on electronic scales?

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thomsc · 05/10/2006 10:46

3.3 was on spring. all have been so far.

simple physics tells me they aren't accurate. we are up at the hospital (jaundice clinic) today so i'll get him weighed then.

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Heathcliffscathy · 06/10/2006 08:43

glad he's poo'd tomsc. Was it sue??

hope that all feeding/weight issues resolve themselves.

x

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thomsc · 09/10/2006 11:52

3.6 today (spring again).

Had a couple of very full nappies, but both suppository assisted.

He is calmer and straining less though, so all good I hope.

Thomsc

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tiktok · 09/10/2006 12:40

Trouble with spring balance is they can never be accurate enough for clinical decision-making - not even if you use the same ones every time. This is something to do with the way the spring recovers (or not) its accuracy after each weighing.

Having said that, your baby's weight gain now seems to be within normal limits, thomsc (though I do think the midwife might have got herself some decent scales by now, especially as she advised you, presumably on the basis of the spring balance, that he had lost too much weight and to use formula top ups). I think enough time has gone by for any serious weight issue to show up in other ways, so it looks as if all is well with him now on this front, anyway.

I think I would be asking why a baby of less than three weeks needs suppositories, but I expect you are asking this, and the healthcare professionals are going to keep an eye on this for you.

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thomsc · 09/10/2006 12:58

I agree about the spring balance, especially as it's a different midwife with different scales each time!

he really is a happy little boy, alert and interested, good at sleeping (once fed) - my only real concern is the awful distress he is clearly in as he tries to poo.

He had a little spot on his nappy when I changed him this morning, so hopefully he'll make his daddy proud later today.

Fingers crossed!

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lulu24 · 09/10/2006 13:24

My first was really consipated when put on to af from bf as he was not gaining enough weight. My widwife suggested diluted prune juice and it works a treat!!

tiktok · 09/10/2006 13:29

His happiness and alertness are good signs that all is well, thomsc

It is so unusual for a breastfed baby (even one that has the occasional top up of formula) to need suppositories...would stopping the formula altogether be something to try? If it is only a small top up he has, this should be OK to do.

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thomsc · 09/10/2006 21:31

no formula for 5 days now, he's still straining on occassion, but less often. no suppository today, but no poo either

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thomsc · 09/10/2006 21:31

fig biscuits for mummy tomorrow I think

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runkid · 09/10/2006 22:28

My midwife suggested t spoon of brown sugared water or t spoon of orange juice it worked well

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