"In this randomized clinical trial testing the effects of breast milk enema on meconium evacuation, breast milk reduced the ...

During pregnancy, babies poop in the form of a greenish-black, sticky substance in their intestines called meconium. This ...

The couple explained that their newborn baby boy, Zachary, had ingested meconium, which blocked his airway. It took about 10 ...

However, they can also be a sign of internal bleeding or liver problems. In newborns, black stool may be meconium. Daily factors such as diet or minor gastrointestinal distress can affect stool color.

British women meet the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder after giving birth. Hannah Barnes investigates what’s ...

Putting the Fetus at Risk Overall, 49.5% of the meconium samples were positive for NSAIDs: 22.8% were positive for ibuprofen, 18.8% for naproxen,7.9% for indomethacin, and 43.6% for aspirin. PPHN ...

Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician The first few stools of a baby's life will be blackish-green and sticky , It's called meconium. After that, most newborns have stools the color and consistency ...

We hypothesized that branched chain fatty acids (BCFA), long known to be major vernix components, would be found in meconium and that the profiles would differ systematically. Vernix and meconium ...

The changes included in the updated 2011 NRP indicate that even the vigorous meconium-stained newborn need not receive initial steps at the radiant warmer, but may receive routine care (with ...

But a cesarean section may be necessary if the heart rate worsens or the fetus shows other signs of distress, such as decrease of fetal blood pH or passing of the baby's first stool (meconium).

Every baby may get hungry on their own unique schedule. That said, in the first months of life, most infants will eat every 2–4 hours, depending on whether they are consuming breast milk or ...