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In a message dated 5/10/2010 3:53:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Ilene  
Fabisch writes:

<<Well after 36hrs we got a poop.  I wasn't there to see  it but in mom's 
words: it was "peanut butter like" very thick and sticky...not  "huge".  Can 
this be normal and if not is it just a lack of  calories/fluid>>>
 
Baby: 
remind us how old baby is now
Is Baby's tummy soft? .....ie: not distended/tight at all 
what color is urine? 
oral mucosa nicely moist?
baby still looking more content than previously when you noted  the 
furrowed brow?
 
......not a suggestion: taking a rectal temp providing a little rectal  
stim, by a skilled caregiver who will not damage/puncture the rectal wall,  may 
stimulate a BM and calm everyone but that is most often mostly for the sake 
 of panicky care-takers (unless the baby has some other GI signs or 
symptoms),  ...very gentle baby leg exercise, or tummy massage will sometimes stim  
a BM. Sometimes the care-takers are so worried about a BM that one of these 
 techniques is worthwhile and is better than some other *more 
crazy/invasive  things that could be suggested by some HCPs.
 
Mom: suggestion: have mom eat at least one and better yet two dark green  
leafy veggies a day amongst her other fruits and veggies and well rounded 
intake  including foods that support milk production, ....Pineapple and 
watermelon are  good for decreasing mom's excess edema if she has some, , ..and mom 
should  *always have something *available to drink, ....ie: water, water 
diluted 100%  juices(no added junk/sugar), decaf green tea, warm or over ice.
 

<<  that would cause this and why is he continuing to gain some wt (about 
an ounce  a day) if not getting enough calories?>>
 
about oz a day = super fab!
 
Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC
Fairfax County, Virginia suburbs  outside the Washington DC  beltway

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