I have a question, permission to post is granted by the mom. I have a mom that I am working with whose baby had 5 full meconium diapers in the 1st 24 hours of life then one mec diaper on day 3. After that baby has had none in the next 3 full days. They are going to their pediatrician tomorrow for a weight check. The doctor will probably send them to the hospital for a bili check as they don't have any means to check it in the office except visual guessing. Baby has eaten every 2 hours during the day for the last 3 days, and every 3-4 hours at night. Mom is bursting with milk (has over 60 ounces in the freezer at day 5 postpartum). Baby has been fed baby with a spoon and syringe a few times when mom was too miserable to nurse. There is no yellow coloring visible on baby, and baby has been wetting diapers often. I know this isn't normal, but should we be more concerned? Her midwife has come over to the house a few times and says not to worry right now. Baby is acting alert and happy, not crying except when hungry, and sleeping fine? What could be happening in his tummy? On a side note this mom has a very small extra nipple near the base of her breast. We turned her upside down on the couch to try and drain her bottom ducts with a pump ( I know a bit odd, but mom was desperate for relief), and discovered this. She thought that it was a mole (her husband said I told you so when we discovered that it was probably a nipple), but milk is leaking from this nipple, and the poor mom has a few ducts under the breast that seem to be connected to this nipple and are making her very sore and miserable. Any thoughts? I know that 3rd nipples have come up before here and there on Lactnet, but thought that I would ask this also. Heather Shelley Issaquah, WA USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html