Mucousy Poop

RingOfFire11

DD2 has recently had a shift in her mood and dirty diapers. Her poop went from seedy yellow to yellow with little strands in it. Today, the strands were an army green color. I've been reading about mucous in the poop -- is this what that is? She's been very upset the last few days and looks uncomfortable (with arching) for almost an hour after a feeding. I've been thinking that was because I am still dealing with oversupply and really forceful letdown. The change in poop is throwing me off though. She's now also making little bubbles with her mouth too (not sure if that's significant). At first, I thought maybe we were still dealing with the 3w growth spurt because she's been feeding every 2 hours (just during the day) although the feedings are pretty short.

Is this normal? Does this sound like I need to remove something from my diet because of the little strands (mucous?) and color change? I developed mastitis last weekend and have completed the antibiotics (z pack) already. Could that be creating mucousy poop? I feel clueless and helpless. TIA for any help!!

Izzies

It could be a dairy or soy issue, at least that was the case with my daughter. It got worse and worse until her poop would soak through the diaper like pee with just the mucos staying on top.

CLLDLL

I agree with PP, wait to see if it's a one time thing before you do anything. Lots of things in your diet change turn baby's poop green. And that's not a big deal.

Mucous in baby's poo looks just like it sounds. Globs of snot in the diaper...color doesn't matter. Mucous indicates that something (maybe dairy maybe something else) is bothering baby's stomach. The only way to figure out what is to eliminate things from your diet and see if symptoms get better. Dairy can take up to 5 weeks to fully clear your system and baby's system. The dairy free diet is doable, but not fun. So I wouldn't jump to it unless you're sure there's really a problem.

Baby's start to become more "picky" about stuff like what pooping or what gas feels like at age 3 weeks. So a lot of moms think dairy allergy or colic when really it's just normal baby stuff. I'm not saying that's the case for you, but just keep that in mind.

What you really want to be concerned about is blood in the diaper (red or brown) or frothy green poop. Blood indicates there is a strong allergy/intolerance that you need to figure out quickly before you cause damage to baby's digestive tract. Frothy green poop indicates baby is getting too much foremilk and you need to get an oversupply taken care of. I highly recommend working with ab LC or even a GI doc if you find blood. And see an LC if you have frothy poop.

Otherwise just keep an eye on baby. Maybe keep a record of what you eat and pay attention to when baby is most fussy/ has the worst diapers. Maybe you'll discover it's just something like onions or broccoli that's bothering baby.

Good luck!!

RingOfFire11

CLLDLL said:

I agree with PP, wait to see if it's a one time thing before you do anything. Lots of things in your diet change turn baby's poop green. And that's not a big deal.

Mucous in baby's poo looks just like it sounds. Globs of snot in the diaper...color doesn't matter. Mucous indicates that something (maybe dairy maybe something else) is bothering baby's stomach. The only way to figure out what is to eliminate things from your diet and see if symptoms get better. Dairy can take up to 5 weeks to fully clear your system and baby's system. The dairy free diet is doable, but not fun. So I wouldn't jump to it unless you're sure there's really a problem.

Baby's start to become more "picky" about stuff like what pooping or what gas feels like at age 3 weeks. So a lot of moms think dairy allergy or colic when really it's just normal baby stuff. I'm not saying that's the case for you, but just keep that in mind.

What you really want to be concerned about is blood in the diaper (red or brown) or frothy green poop. Blood indicates there is a strong allergy/intolerance that you need to figure out quickly before you cause damage to baby's digestive tract. Frothy green poop indicates baby is getting too much foremilk and you need to get an oversupply taken care of. I highly recommend working with ab LC or even a GI doc if you find blood. And see an LC if you have frothy poop.

Otherwise just keep an eye on baby. Maybe keep a record of what you eat and pay attention to when baby is most fussy/ has the worst diapers. Maybe you'll discover it's just something like onions or broccoli that's bothering baby.

Good luck!!

Thank you so much for all of this! I feel like I'm over inspecting her diapers at this point and am reading into every little thing. I'll definitely wait and see how things go. The green was gone today and her mood was much improved. The poo is stringy in areas but seedy too. The stringy-ness is what has been worrying me. Keeping record of what I'm eating makes total sense. Thanks again!!

chicki1012

This happened to DS. It was after his 3 week growth spurt and my boobs were in over load. His poop was mucousy green too for like a week. It's been back to seedy yellow, now that my supply simmered down but honestly I think it's caused by hind milk/foremilk imbalance since I had a big over suppy. I also thought it could be an allergy to milk etc but it's not. Hope this helps.

RingOfFire11

chicki1012 said:

This happened to DS. It was after his 3 week growth spurt and my boobs were in over load. His poop was mucousy green too for like a week. It's been back to seedy yellow, now that my supply simmered down but honestly I think it's caused by hind milk/foremilk imbalance since I had a big over suppy. I also thought it could be an allergy to milk etc but it's not. Hope this helps.

Omg, definitely helps! I'm starting to think this may be our problem as well. Glad to hear because I have major over supply too that I've been trying to get under control.

tmc19

At what point should the poop star to change? My LO is 5 days old and her poop is still a little mucousy and dark green.

chicki1012

@tmc19
I would give it another few days to a week. It really depends when your milk comes in. It took mine awhile. And with your LO getting green poop etc it might be that he is getting to much of the foremilk and not enough hindmilk.