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Cord Care
Asked by K.G. from Los Angeles
on August 31, 2009
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My husband is obsessed with the umbilical cord. It's been 2+ weeks and the cord has not fallen off yet. We are using alcohol prep pads (as recommended by our doctor) t...
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- don't touch it!! it'll dry up and fall off over time, it might be a while....we never did anything to the cord on both of our kids and it just falls off eventually. ...
- You gave birth and possibly you are nursing, so the belly button is an area that your husband can focus on. and is probably more interesting to him than diaper care. ...
- My daughter's took forever to fall out, too. Our osteopath told us to get the goldenseal and open up the capsule and sprinkle the powder in the belly button. It's a ...
Newborn Soaking Clothes When Pees
Asked by J.B. from Huntsville
on August 15, 2009
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Hi. I have a 1 1/2 week old newborn son that has been circumcized. My problem is that when he pees, he constantly soaks his clothes along with anything else that he ...
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- I would use size 1 diapers with the top folded over instead of NB, and make sure his little guy is facing downward instead of toward the top of the diaper. I don't th...
- Hey! I had the same problem with my big boys (first one was a 9 pounder too). We started using size 1 Huggies and didn't have any problems after that. Congratulations ...
- Gotta poke it down.. literally push the tip down or he'll continue to pee on everything.. it pops up when he pees!
Single Umbilical Artery
Asked by M.H. from Cedar Rapids
on December 18, 2006
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I just found out that while most babies have 3 tubes in their umbilical cord, my baby only has two. Apparently this condition is known as Single Umbilical Artery and ...
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- First of all, GET OFF THE INTERNET! It's only going to get you more and more worried. When I became pregnant, I found out that I had a bicornuate uterus, which means...
- One of mine had that (I can't remember which!) And that should give you some comfort (both of mine were perfectly normal and healthy, so I forgot all about it!) But I...
- M., STOP reading everything about it! Those doomsday sites are only going to freak you out, not give you answers. Those are, most likely, worst case scenarios, and ar...
Newborn Umbillical Cord
Asked by J.C. from Houston
on August 14, 2008
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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 appointments the pediatrician said that it wa...
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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...
Umbilical
Asked by L.G. from Hickory
on May 27, 2008
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So this is a question for a friend. Her son is 6 weeks old and still has his umbilical cord. It feels super deep and is all dried up, but will not let loose and come...
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- Both of my children lost theirs around 2 weeks . But with my last child the doc said to clean it with a q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol. This makes it heal faster beca...
- My little girl's umbilical cord half came off when she was 2 weeks old but half stayed on. her clothes would rub at it and cause it to bleed so we kept her in sleepers...
- i know a guy whose little girl's cord stump didn't want to fall off. it got really bad infected and she ended up needing surgery to remove it and take care of the inf...
Bleeding Belly Button on 3 Week Old
Asked by J.N. from Houston
on September 29, 2008
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My son's umbilical cord stump fell off last wednesday. The friday before, it had started to bleed. I saw online that if it bled for more than 3 days, to bring him in...
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- I would stop "cleaning" it for a while, the alcohol is just disintegrating the clot/scab and preventing it from healing all the way. It sounds fine, just ask the doc ...
- Hi, you should take him into the pediatrician. Of course, there can be other causes, but my first thought could be a bleeding disorder. Hemophilia runs in my family an...
- Hi, I am a senior midwife student. Do not put alcohol on it. This will only irritate it and prevent it from completely healing up. You need to go to the healthfood ...
31 Weeks Pregnant I Found Out My Son Has 1 Artery in Umbilical Cord
Asked by C.L. from St. Louis
on September 23, 2006
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I am 31 weeks pregnant and I just found out my son has only 1 artery in his umbilical cord I have had many problems with this pregnancy already I have a thyroid disord...
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- I'm sorry you are having problems, I cant help with the health issues but I found most of the preemie clothes we needed at WalMart, not a great selection, but better t...
- Hi C.. I am assuming since you're going to have a preemie you'll be delivering at St. John's. If that's correct you may want to contact NICUPS (Neonatal Intensive Ca...
- Same as tiffany, I don't know much about the health, but I found things for my daughter at Wal-Mart and Target. If you have time, look on-line there are things there ...
Risk to Having Resistance in the Umbilical Cord.
Asked by D.M. from Lawrence
on April 17, 2009
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Hello everyone, I was wondering if some of you could answer my questions. I am 32 weeks along and I had a 3D ultra sound done a little after my 26 week. After my 3D ul...
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- Don't be scared D.. Babies are born everyday at this stage in pregnancy and everything turns out just fine. At 34 weeks the baby is perfect and you are so close. My...
- My daughter has a two vessel cord also, she asks all the questions she thinks of every time she goes in for an ultrasound. They at first thought they saw another prob...
- Hi D., I cannot see here if you received many responses, but I want to shoot you off a message and let you know I went through the very same thing with my youngest. I...
Down Syndrome
Asked by K.B. from San Diego
on June 2, 2009
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I had a first trimester ultrasound since I will be over 35 when my baby is born. They checked for all chromosomal deficiencies and all my tests came back normal. I r...
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- Hello K., sorry you are dealing with this. Being pregnant is a challenge all on its own. I had the AFP test done, with 2nd pregnancy, I was 26, they sent me to counsel...
- K., My first son was born when I was 32. My AFP test was normal but one of the later ultrasounds showed some of the markers for downs. I can't remember exactly what...
- Hello K.. I haven't had any experience with this personally, but I wanted to offer you some comfort. When I was pregnant, I was in an online group (called March 2009 b...
Has Any Mom Had This Condtion While Pregnant?
Asked by F.S. from San Francisco
on May 11, 2009
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My son and his wife are expecting their first baby in September. Some bad news came up on some regular tests. I do not remember the proper name for this condition. T...
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- The umbilical cord is supposed to have two arteries and one vein. Sometimes the fetus will have only one artery and one vein. There are conditions associated with ha...
- I had this problem with my now 2 month old. The ultrasound showed that despite the missing artery the organs were in tact. From what my doctor told me, when the see ...
- I had this condition as well, my son had all his organs as well, I had twice weekly ultrasounds and baby monitoring. My doctor thought if anything was going to be wron...
