Breast milk is coming out of my 8 days baby!

Breast milk is coming out of my 8 days baby! When we pressed her breast a little, it comes out. Secondly, her stool looks like egusi with little catarrh inside it. please, what do I do? about it?

2 answers

Dr Aina Johnson

Paediatrician

For the mucus in poo, there is no need to worry, just continue breastfeeding exclusively.
But pay attention to your own diet and avoid herbal remedies or drugs that are not prescribed by the doctors which may pass via the breast milk to affect the baby. Avoid heavy spicy or flavoured foods as well as some also affect the baby when passed via the breast milk. And if Mucus persists in the stool, kindly see a paediatrician for thorough evaluation and management.

Tiwa Tiwa

The breast milk is as a result of maternal estrogen levels at work in the newborn. It will resolve as the hormonal levels of the newborn normalizes.
Do not try to press or massage it because it could lead to the development of breast abscess or mastitis.

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