A question has arisen about red-tinged urine or red staining in the
first few days of life.  A number of mothers that we seen have seen this
in quote the hospital physicians or nurses as saying "This is normal.
Nothing to worry about.  It's from mom's hormones."  Now clearly a tiny
bit of blood from a baby girl would be quasi-menses.  But what about a
baby boy?

None of the references I have on my desk have any information that is
useful.  Jack Newman's book notes that red-tinged urine in the neonate
was mentioned in pre-formula medical texts as a normal variant, but a)
dismissed this as normal and b) doesn't actually explain what might be
going on.

I have done a search on the web and on PubMed already, without coming up
with anything useful.  Does anyone here have a thought?

Thanks,

Judith

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