Help blood in babys poo **Content warning added by MNHQ: thread contains a graphic image**

[Lily189]

Hi everyone my daughter is 3 months old and from monday has had the rumny poo smell really bad shes pooping all time and her farts stink
Today shes had alot of mucus in it and theres blood dunno if you can see it in pics

We went to doctors for him say its normal for babies poo to change when there this young and that was it shes acting her normal self and taking her bottles but I'm worried about the mucus and blood I will phone again tomorrow but want to know anyone any experiences know what could be
I'm wondering if its lactose intolerance shes been a windy bloated baby from birth was told its colic because she cries loads and finds hard to burp but she farts loads

All help would be great I'm freaking out

Cmpa take her to a&e/ ring 111

Call OOO GP or 111 right away. A bit of blood might be normal but that is an awful lot. If you don't get someone to see her tonight I'd be heading to A&E. Keep those nappies to show/test just in case.

Agree, either 111 or hospital, hope she feels better soon.

I would call 111

Maybe ask for a title warning for the gross pic? Especially as it's tea time for a lot of people

Fucking hell couldn't you have put a warning in the title.

Yes 111, I didn't expect that much blood although it might look worse than it is as it's mixed with mucus etc. Definitely worth seeking medical advice for.

@BundtCake

Fucking hell couldn't you have put a warning in the title.

Oh come on, she's panicked about her kids health. It was a thread about poo. Have some compassion.

I'm not one for medical advice, more of a 'wait and see at home' type but even I would be straight on the phone to get some advice on that.

Good luck

@BundtCake

Fucking hell couldn't you have put a warning in the title.

It's a thread about blood in poo.

Fairly sure anyone clicking has a reasonable expectation of seeing either or both.

@BundtCake

Fucking hell couldn't you have put a warning in the title.

Couldn’t you have just clicked back off rather than leave a shitty comment? She’s a worried parent asking for help, and it’s a dirty nappy, nothing most of us haven’t seen before.

My DS had similar, he had a dairy allergy even though he was breastfed, I had to give up dairy, he wasn't thriving he saw the doctor and went onto nutramigen and was a different child.

OP phone 111, GP will probably be shut tomorrow anyway for bank holiday so just phone 111 now as they will just get busier over bank holiday. Hopefully it’s nothing to worry about

When my daughter had this the doctor said it was NOT normal and took further action immediately. The result was CMPA, treated with lactose free milk and passed by the time she was a year old.

Hi @Lily189, that looks quite similar to my little one's nappies when she had a mild colitis (inflammation of the bowel) due to a cows milk protein allergy. It was so scary, but resolved quickly once we identified the cause and she's been pretty well since, other than a bit of a flare-up around the time of her rotavirus vaccination.

I'd suggest calling your GP or 111 - they'll probably arrange for a paediatric assessment (maybe even a same-day one) which can hopefully start the process of finding out the cause.

Not normal to look like this. Cmpa? My baby had the diarrhoea and mucus (and pain and wind, also vomiting, rash...), it was cmpa. Go back to the gp first thing tomorrow, ask for a second opinion right away if you get the same answer.
If breastfeeding you can start excluding egg, milk, soya from your diet.
If formula feeding gp can prescribe extensively hydrolysed formula.

I'd hedge a guess from symptoms and the look of that nappy at cows milk protein intolerance. My children were like this.

Fairly sure anyone clicking has a reasonable expectation of seeing either or both.

I actually don't think that's a reasonable expectation at all tbh.

Thank you everyone for your responces in a&e shes protein allergy so getting sorted with new milk xx

Amazing, well done xxx

I hope your GP gets a roasting from the hospital next week

GPS are useless with it. Mine said that cm pi didn't exist

Glad you got it sorted! My gp told me my babies cmpa was colic 🙄🙄 make sure it's an amino acid based formula like neocate and not hydrogalized like nutramigen which still contains milk protein but just broken down and can still cause issues.

@romdowa

Glad you got it sorted! My gp told me my babies cmpa was colic 🙄🙄 make sure it's an amino acid based formula like neocate and not hydrogalized like nutramigen which still contains milk protein but just broken down and can still cause issues.

I second this, both of mine needed neocate and it was the only thing that worked. When they were on nurtamigen they still had bad symptoms