4 month old not poo'd for 2 weeks

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Wondering whether to take my daughter to see the GP.
She's 17 weeks and exclusively breastfed. In the early days she poo'd after every feed then it slowed down then after her 8 weeks she didn't poo for 10 days and that has been her pattern.
She has plenty of wet nappies, her tummy is soft and she doesn't seem to be in any discomfort.
She does really stinky pumps and they leave a wee smear of poo on her bottom.
I massage her tummy and cycle her legs daily.
I know I should be happy not having to change lots of dirty nappies but just worried something is wrong?

Most likely nothing wrong-bf is very efficient so there is little waste. I would go to gp for your peace of mind though!

I'd give your gp a call and see what they say. As she's bf it may be that there's no waste to poo out but worth getting her checked out for peace of mind.

Regardless of how she is fed, not pooing for 2 weeks is not normal for a baby.

GP asap.

Yes, GP today.

My bf babies often went ten days without poohing, between three and six months old.

Dd's record was ten days, and the resulting poosplosion was an impressive sight.

It's probably fine but go to the gp just to make sure

Got her a GP appointment yesterday who has given her some lactulose, she's had 2 doses and still no poo and I've to take her back in a week if still no poo!
I'm scared of the poonami that must be due!

lactulose will take at least a day to work, normally two in my experience. Crossing fingers for a poonami soon for you!

Two weeks can be normal in a breastfed baby differentname.

There was once a mums net thread about a baby who finally pooed on day 20!

BF babies of that age can go for ages and ages without pooing. It can be prefectly normal. And then.......poonami!

Ten days wasn't unusual for us either. It was annoying for DS I think, sometimes he seems uncomfortable, but all the leg cycling and tummy massage in the world did nothing. I did once give him some prune juice on a teaspoon, but I don't think that did anything either. He grew out if it, and when he started eating solid food starting going about once a day.

DS2 once went for well over 3 weeks without pooing. It wasn't even THAT impressive when he did finally go.
I wouldn't worry at all.

DD was breast fed and pood after every feed.

I can suggest cycling her legs to get her bowels moving.

And then...DUCK!!!!

Lucky you Bunbaker!

My DS was Breast fed and pooed every 7-10 days between 3-6 months. We used to give a syringe of freshly squeezed orange juice (advice from Gp to avoid suppository) and then wait in until the poo arrived....

Dd mix fed. Pooed every six days or so. Once in hospital for something else they gave her laxitive after four days. Went all over the cot!

Ds also mix fed. Pooed about ten times a day.

Perfectly normal for breastfed baby especially if she has plenty of wet nappies, has soft tummy and is happy in her self. Breast milk is brilliantly efficient so that there is very little waste to poo out. With DD2 her record was 16 days of no poo.I had taken her to the doc on day 7 and11 to be sure and when she did finaly poo on day 16 it was a normal poo. Good luck

I didn't feel lucky . Half the time the nappies didn't contain it.

She got well and truly bunged once she started formula though.

Thanks for replies, it's food to hear others have had similar experiences.
She's now had 3 doses of lactulose and think something's on its way ????

Two weeks can be normal in a breastfed baby differentname.

Fair enough. I only bf one of my two & she was very regular, so I didn't realise it could be normal.

Neither did I different, hence my concern.

We've had 3 poo's today so lactulose definitely helped. ????