My baby is only 5 days old and has had a dime-sized amount of blood in say three diapers. I remember our nurse at the pre natal class saying baby girls can have a period when they're born and it's normal, just Mum's hormones clearing out of her. Do you think this is what it is? Did it happen to your LO? How long did it last?
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I read about the baby girl period and told my mom and she was shocked. I don't think many people know about it! It sounds like that is what it was but I would probably call the doc to be sure. Was there any blood when you wiped her?
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I've heard about this as well. Just make sure it's not a lot of bleeding and that it is coming from the vaginal area and not her rectum. You can always call an on call nurse and check with them. NEVER hurts to call.
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My daughter totally had some blood in her diapers for the first week or two. Yes, very weird, but apparently normal. If you're concerned that it's too much blood then call her pediatrician.
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I agree with @Sugar.Biscuit: you want to be sure it's coming for her vagina and not her rectum. Once you confirm that I wouldn't worry unless the bleeding becomes heavy.
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@JerricaBenton: Only once when we wiped but it was a tiny bit and came out of the vagina, so that's definitely where it's coming from.
@skibobrown: That's good to know, thank you!
We're at the hospital tomorrow for a lacatation appointment so will mention it there and she's in at the doctor's on Tuesday morning.
Thanks ladies for your help!
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BFFs daughter had this and I had to learn about how little girl's get periods, acne, and hairy early in the beginning. So much hormones running through them she said!
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gah, i heard about this on HB a couple months ago and i still know that i'm going to freak when i see it!
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My daughter had what looked like blood but was actually this orange crystals in her urine. We were having major problems breastfeeding and apparently this is a sign of dehydration. As soon as I started her on the bottles of pumped milk, it went away.
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