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Lucy_Plus_One!
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Advice- Newborn girls - vernix in vaginal area??
Lucy_Plus_One!
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Hi ladies.
DD is 3 weeks old now, but she stil has some vernix like stuff in her vaginal area, sort of inside the big folds of her labia (in the vaginal area), but outside of the little inner ones. Hope that makes sense.
At the hospital they said not to bother trying to get it out, that it would go away, but I assumed it would go away before now. At her 2 week check up the doctor definitely wasn't concerned, but told me to go ahead and clean it out with a q tip. Well, I tried that, but it really doesn't come out, and I don't want to be rough.
Anyone else remember their DD having this? Does it go away? Did you get it out? I wish I had asked if it really was vernix, or something else. It looks the same.
TIA!
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Re: Advice- Newborn girls - vernix in vaginal area??
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Do you use diaper cream? I made the mistake of thinking that I was getting all her lady parts clean, but I failed miserably! I just happened to take a closer look and realized that I was not getting her vagina clean enough, inside the big folds--it was full of diaper cream. Maybe that could be what you're seeing?
Honestly, it was a two person job getting in there to clean it out, I had DH hold her while I went in with the wipes. I was definitely a bit more rough than I normally would be, but she didn't seem to mind. Now I try to really be sure I get in there with each diaper change, though we haven't had to do the two person job again!
Hmm. Im sure its not diaper cream (we do use it, but I haven't been putting it inside the folds- partly so I can tell when this stuff goes away) and its not the discharge (she was getting that too in the beginning, but this really looks like vernix and doesn't come and go- it just stays there, stuck).
Maybe I should try the baby oil on a q tip?
I tried doing it just with a q tip after bath time and it still didnt work.
"When it comes to sleeping, whatever your baby does is normal. If one thing has damaged parents enjoyment of their babies, it's rigid expectations about how and when the baby should sleep." ~ James McKenna, Ph.D., Mother Baby Behavioral Sleep Center, University of Notre Dame
My DD is 8wks and still has this, intially I left it because I read that there was no need but the doctor told me to use some mineral oil on a cotton ball and wipe it as commercial wipes can sometimes irriate the vagina.
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