what happens when a baby poops blood?
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A common cause of blood in an infant's stool is a slight anal tear (fissure) from baby straining with the passage of the stool. The small amount of blood from an anal fissure tends to look like a red streak on the outside of the stool. Another common cause of blood in the stools of infants is food allergies.
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Baby's First Bowel Movements. The very first stool your baby passes doesn't smell bad. That's because the black, tarry-looking stuff, called meconium, is sterile. Until the intestines are colonized with bacteria, there's nothing to make poop stinky.
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After your baby is born, your body gets rid of the blood and tissue that was inside your uterus. This is called vaginal discharge or lochia. For the first few days, it's heavy, bright red and may contain blood clots. Over time, the flow gets less and lighter in color.
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Many believe that the increased saliva produced during teething can cause stool to become slightly loose. Keep in mind, diarrhea can be a sign of a more serious infection so contact your infant's pediatrician if the stool becomes watery, because your infant could be at risk for dehydration.
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What about texture? Once baby's poop turns yellow, it is often described as seedy, or, as the authors of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding put it, “small curd cottage cheese.” It's also going to be soft and fairly fluid, almost like pancake batter or even more runny. Small amounts of mucus are normal too.
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Hard, Pebble-like Baby Poop Your baby may be constipated if his or her poop is hard and looks like pebbles. Babies can become constipated when they are being introduced to solid foods. This could also be a sign of sensitivity to milk or soy, or a lack of tolerance to something in breast milk or formula.
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In some babies, the iron sulfate in a supplement or iron-fortified baby formula can make dark green stools, or sometimes even greenish-black. There is no need to be concerned with the color change, as it has no significance to your baby's digestive system.
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Foamy poop in babies Frothy or foamy stool is especially common in babies and is not usually a cause for concern. Foamy stool in babies is often a sign that they are getting an overload of lactose, a sugar found in breast milk. Breast milk consists of two parts: foremilk and hindmilk.
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Rectal bleeding isn't generally an emergency, but there are some situations when people must seek immediate medical help or call 911. Do this if you have blood in your stool and you have any of these other signs: Sweating or cold, clammy skin. Severe abdominal pain or cramping.
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Chalky white baby poop could be a warning sign that your baby is not properly digesting food. A white color may indicate a lack of bile from the liver to digest food. In the first few years, you will experience a full range of “normal” baby poop types that simply indicate your baby is healthfully growing and changing.
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If your baby is not having regular bowel movements, they might be experiencing diarrhea or constipation.
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Vomiting a lot can irritate the lining of the esophagus. This can lead to small amounts of blood or dried blood in your vomit. More serious bleeding might be caused by an esophageal tear. This condition is rare — but serious — and can happen any time during pregnancy.
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Constipation. Constipation and straining to pass a large bowel movement can lead to smears of bright red blood on the toilet paper. Not drinking enough water, low-fiber diets and a lack of exercise can lead to constipation.
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No. Rectal bleeding can occur weeks after the baby's birth too. It does not harm babies in any way during either pregnancy or childbirth.
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Newborns have frequent stools, sometimes with every feeding. For these reasons, you may have trouble knowing when your baby has diarrhea. Your baby may have diarrhea if you see changes in the stool, such as more stools all of a sudden; possibly more than one stool per feeding or really watery stools.
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Here's how the blood may appear if you vomit during pregnancy. If the bleeding is caused by an injury to the stomach or duodenum (first part of the small intestine), then the blood in the vomit may appear maroon or dark brown. If bleeding is caused by a tear in the oesophagus, the blood will appear red and fresh.