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12 week baby vomiting forcefully

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kisaki333 · 23/04/2022 19:33

Hi all, I am a FTM so probably over reacting. Looking for advice from more experienced moms out there.
My now 12 week baby has had 3 episodes where she threw up via mouth and nose pretty much the entire contents of her stomach. First two times (8w and 10w) we called 999 and the ambulace took her to the hospital to get her checked. I didn't feel like they did anything useful as she was fine by the time we got there. I just spent a very stressful 6h in a hospital and then got sent home basically.
Today it happened again. I didn't call the ambulance this time as i feel they will do the same and it will just be another huge waste of time for everyone.

My gp is useless and the hv the same. I just want to know how normal it is for a small baby to throw up like this. I don't see how she could have gotten a stomach bug. But she has been a bit off all day long...

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kisaki333 · 24/04/2022 11:30

CorsicaDreaming · 24/04/2022 10:22

My DS had similar severe vomiting when a baby and it ended up being undiagnosed tonsillitis.
He had a course of antibiotics and it cleared it up and the vomiting stopped. But it had gone on for a couple of weeks before.

I'd imagine your GP checked tonsils, but at the time my GP said at the beginning the tonsil inflammation isn't necessarily externally visible so can be missed.

It might be worth asking a GP to check that too, if only to rule it out.

Can you see a different GP at the practice / change practices if you have no confidence in your current one? Some are absolutely brilliant, others not so much.

Yes, I am in the process of changing practices and kicking myself i didn't do it earlier. All the GPs I've seen at this surgery are bad in my experience.
I don't think they checked the tonsils , did your DS have any other symptoms?

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