On Fri, 2001-09-07 at 13:08, Barbie Currie wrote:
> Hi Again,
>       When I worked at the hospital full-time I used to notice that
many babies when passing a stool performed!   Some cry and other groan
and strain - its as if they were passing a brick and not meconium.

I wonder if it's just the fact that they haven't had bowel movements
before and they are just reacting to the new sensation.  If you think
about it, practically everything a newborn is experiencing, even many of
their own body functions, is completely new.  I've always figured that's
why it seems to take them a few weeks to take it all in before they
"wake up to the world."

;-)
--
Beth Johnson
Perinatal Educator, Doula
Springfield, MA USA

"The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor
 is the mind of the oppressed." Steve Biko

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