Dried blood around cord stump?

nothingbuthappy

His pedi said he had "prominent blood vessels" at his cord site and cauterized it.  She said we only needed to call if there was "profuse bleeding".  There isn't any ongoing bleeding at all, so it definitely doesn't warrant a call as per what we'd been told when we first brought it to her attention and she addressed it (she did say we may see some more small amounts of dried blood around the cord stump)...

Just wondering if any of you have seen dried blood around the cord site as it began to fall off.  My daughter didn't have it and she's really all I have to compare.   I know the dr reassured us that it's OK, but it would somehow make me feel better to know he isn't the only baby who has had this.  It doesn't seem to bother him at all.  

Marion&Kit

I remember that happening with DD - when the chord finally came off there was a little blood too, but nothing major.

celiabwatson

Yes, it's fine. Mine actually had the stump come off and then there was additional dried blood the next day. The midwife just checked for signs of infection and told us to keep it clean.

sap05e

Yep - I think it's totally normal.

ar52kortlang

LO had this 2 days before her cord fell off... We were freaked when we saw the dried blood and called the doc right away, she said it was normal but to call back if it was actively bleeding a lot.