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Newborn Umbillical Cord
Read all 6 responses: "My 1 mo. old daughter's umbilical cord stump fell off @ 2 weeks but a small stump remained. At both her 1 week and 2 week ...
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- My daughter had the same thing. She is now 3 1/2 and doing great, belly button completely normal. They called it an umbilical pollup and her peditrician applied some...
- My little boys umbelical did fall off all together, but before it did it also bled a little and had some discharge. I was extremely worried but Dr. said alcohol and e...
- i would just recommend gently pulling back the skin around the stump and using a cotton swab (Q-tip) dipped in alcohol to make sure you are getting the alcohol way dow...
Seeking Advice from Mamas on Whether to Bank Cord Blood.
Syringe method: a syringe is used to draw blood from the umbilical cord ... Bag method: the umbilical cord is elevated to cause the blood to drain into a ...
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- We chose not to. The cost to do it, plus the annual on-going cost to maintain it, was not economically logical for us. It made more sense to funnel that money toward...
- When we had our first child we decided against saving it due to the cost. If you can afford it why not?
- I banked our daughters cord blood. I do not agree with the health risk to the child in previous posts. We decided to use Lifebank. In your search to decide to bank ...
Umbilical Hernia in Newborn
Read all 16 responses: "After my daughter's umbilical cord fell off it was apparent that she had an umbilical hernia. Our doctor said that we will wait for ...
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- My son had the same thing when his umbilicle cord fell off. We had the doctor look at it and a surgeon and were told they won't even do surgery until around 3, if it d...
- My baby had the same thing and it just went away when he was about 1. I wouldn't worry about it if your Dr. isn't concerned. I know it looks weird though. :)
- My son was a preemie and had an umbilical hernia. It got bigger before it eventually went away around 10 mos. It bothered me more than it bothered him, no one knew he ...
7 Mos Old with Persistent Umbilical Granuloma
advice please mommas, my DS has had this stubborn umbilical granuloma since his cord fell off. it has gotten better, then worse, more irritated, ...
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- WishGarden Herbs makes a powdered cord care product that works wonders. You might try to get ahold of that. It is a natural, herbal product. My dd did not have an u...
- My daughter had an oozing belly button still at two months, or maybe it was four, and the dr. used the silver nitrate on it. She cried, yes, but it was an over and do...
- My daughter had the same thing. At 4 months her pedicatrician used silver nitrate on it. She screamed but it healed not long after that. Now her belly button is perfec...
Transverse at 36 Weeks
She was born with her umbilical cord wrapped tightly around her neck and arm - sometimes I wonder if she stayed sideways so long because she was tangled up! ...
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- Hi R., Yea, you're almost there! I'm sure your getting ready. Now you just need the baby to be ready:) Have you been to a chiropractor? I practice in Danville...
- My daughter was "head up" with her ankles by her ears at 36 weeks. (She had been head down at 6 months.) My doctor tried several times to turn her. He'd get about 6...
- Both my daughters were transverse, and I had c-sections for both. In fact, with my second daughter, I spent 5 weeks in hospital before her birth as the cord was below ...
Lump on Puppies Stomach
Usually a pup gets a hernia when mom was too rough getting the umbilical cord off. The vet stated most vets just repair it when the pup is spade and they ...
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- I don't think you need to worry too much about it, but it's always best to have a vet check it out just to be sure. Congrats on your new baby!
- when we got our puppy, we took her in to get her fixed at the vet and they found a hernia, too. they fixed it all in one surgery, luckily. i can't remember if there w...
- the hernia happens when the mother cuts the umblical cord too close to the pup, you do not have to have this removed. I have a mini dachshund that has one and she is a...
Baby Has Acne and Blood Still Coming from Navel
He lost his umbilical cord over a week ago, but I'm finding a little blood in his navel still. Before the cord fell off there was..."
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- The purpose of the alcohol is to dry up the area where the cord fell off so I had good luck when I really used the alcohol and got in all the nooks and crannies.
- The baby acne is NORMAL. Leave it alone. it will clear up on it's own.
- That happened with my youngest, seemed that everytime i changed her there would be dried blood everywhere. The doc told us to really get in there with alcohol and as l...
Birth Defects
I don't know anything about the umbilical cord, but my daughter was born with a fused cleft. It was never picked up on my 20 week u/s...a whole different ...
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- I don't know anything about the umbilical cord, but my daughter was born with a fused cleft. It was never picked up on my 20 week u/s...a whole different issue that I ...
- I had a single umbilical artery. I also found out during my 20-week ultrasound and was very scared. I had to chart daily kick-counts, go to weekly non-stress tests a...
- I don't know much about this but I had a friend who just had a baby and she also had a single umbilical artery. They told her all the defects that could be caused due...
Newborn with Possible Umbilical Hernia
My daughter developed an umbilical hernia after her cord fell off as well. It fixed itself once she was about 5 or 6 months old. ...
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- My son, now six months, has an umbilical hernia. Do not try to tape it down, place quarter on it, etc. These things do not make them go away. You will get used to s...
- You have already gotten a lot of responses, but my story is alittle different. I had a friend whose daughter had an umbilical hernia that was really bad, it didn't al...
- my niece had a umbilical hernia (c-section also, not a big cryer) & it did heal on its own. it seemed so large, that it was nearly unbelievable to think it would go aw...
Stage 2 Placenta at 34 Weeks
If you have only a two cord vessel, is that in the umbilical cord? My daughter was born with only two, she is now almost 13.It is not easy to be a mom when ...
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- I just had a baby in December with almost same problem. They were so worried they took him c-section at 37 weeks but he was only charting growth wise at 35 weeks. Good...
- I would really consider getting a second opinion. Tributaline is nasty stuff and can cause a ton of other issues. If you are not feeling the contractions and your not ...
- Hi K., Congrats on your first baby! I don't have any experience in your situation but I can offer you some advice that I live by. Stay on top of what is going on, writ...
