3 day old newborn breast feeding but vomit is brown

[belstaff]

any advice?

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come on people

any experts?

ok how much vommit?

Ha syour milk come in yet or is it still colostrum? When you say brown , how brown do you mean? Is it the colour of chocolate or a yellowy brown?

Not an expert by any means but heard that babies can swallow blood during birth and when they bring up some of the feed the blood can colour it brown.

(also not an expert) but have experienced this due to cracked nipples.

What do you mean by brown vomit?

If you are looking at dried vomit, e.g on their sheets it could be dried blood. It could be from birth, but I would suggest it gets checked in such a young baby.

belstaff, is it very dark brown or just yellowy brown? how is breastfeeding going for you?

there are 2 things I have persoanlly seen cause a dark brown vomit in a very young baby.
first was when baby had swallowed meconium and a few days later vomited all this nasty brown stuff up (when i was in hospital having ds1).

secondly if you are having probs breastfeeding and perhaps have cracked nipples. baby may have ingested blood that could make vomit appear brown

I would def ring your midwife though

Could be, as people have said, blood from cracked nipples - are you sore when you bf?

No experience of this, but have you checked the la leche site? link here

Best of luck

ring to check - but it could be blood from cracked nipples, plus colostrum isnt white by any means - it's a deep yellowish colour.

Could it be that?

Speak to your midwife - can you ring labour ward now? With such a little baby, you should still be under their care and able to ring 24 hours.

You can also ring one of the bf lines listed on the right-hand side of the page here

yes i do have cracked blood on nipples, only slightly weak brown vomit

I remember when Callum threw up blood, I freaked out and then I realised I had a cracked nipple.

It's quite likely it's that then.

How are you? How is bf going? Do you have any Lansinoh or other nipple cream for your sore nipples? Has anyone checked your baby's latch?

Congratulations on your new baby - and I hope you are healed very soon.

Another vote for broken nipples here.

well that sounds hopeful - sounds like the cracked nipples causing a problem but I would definitely get a professional opinion on this with such a young one - just for your own total peace of mind...

DS4 had this and the midwives said it was blood from the birth and not to worry. He did keep bringing it up for a few days though.

yes that has reassured me thank you everyone

How are things now? Have you had a chance to speak to a 'professional' over the weekend?

Hope all is well