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If you EBF, poop advice please

janjagjanjag member
in April 2011 Moms
My favorite desk nurse at the ped's office is out till Monday. Ped is pretty useless on most things BF related.

I think DS's poops are the wrong color. Greenish yellow (sometimes more green), and orangish yellow. A few days ago he had a little bit of blood in his poop. Today I saw a tiny bit again. From what I read blood in poop goes largely undiagnosed in BF infants. He is also fussing at the breast, but not until 1/2 way or at the end of feedings. I wish he could tell me if his tummy is upset!

WWYD? I'm thinking about cutting out dairy which is a major sacrifice ;) I ate two big bowls of Lucky Charms last night and it made me so happy.
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Re: If you EBF, poop advice please

  • misssurlymisssurly

    Have they changed from whatever colour they were before? I reference this website for poop issues. Hope you don't have to give up your lucky charms (I'm loving my fruit loops lately!)

    https://drjaygordon.com/pediatricks/general/poop.html

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  • ambercg33ambercg33
    i thought green poop meant they were getting more fore milk, instead of hind milk...or that you had a fast let down..
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  • Carbaby411Carbaby411

    Can you call a lactation consultant at your hospital?

    I also had to give up dairy (due to DS's eczema) and it is so hard - I LOVE ice cream!  But I did try the Silk Almond Milk with my creal this morning and it was pretty good.

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  • AlirebcoAlirebco

    DS had green mucousy poops when he was a baby and I had to cut out dairy.  All of his issues went right away. 

    It could also be a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance so make sure the baby is emptying your breast.  

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  • RunningGal900RunningGal900 member
    If you can, see a lactation consultant. I worked with one on my oversupply issues and cleared up his green poop.
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  • MrsRoy07MrsRoy07 member
    From what I understand, orange-yellow is fine, and green-yellow is ok as long as it's not green all day ling. My ped says occasional greenish poop is ok, just not consistently bc then it's diet or breastmilk imbalance related. Blood- I don't know about that but I'd call someone. An LC sounds like a resource to reach out to.
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  • schenkertobeschenkertobe
    Milk protein sensitivities suck so bad! From what you are describing, it sounds like there may be a food sensitivity. Dairy is the most common sensitivity. Greenish poop can be a variety of things, but there shouldn't be blood in the poop. Is his bum all red too? I would cut out dairy for 2 weeks and see if it helps. It sucks. I had to cut out dairy completely. Its hard at first, but you get used to it quickly. Its worth it when they are so much happier.
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  • MrsMackenzie2010MrsMackenzie2010

    I'm going to make another suggestion about the green poop- 

    make sure YOU are eating enough.

    they had me take out dairy and all that, and that didn't work. A friend suggested that I may not be eating enough, and once i started eating like every hour it went away.

    Good luck! 

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  • AnjaOAnjaO member
    DS had green poop all the time until about 6 weeks.  Now there's some variety, but it's still mostly green.  LC and pedi both said it's normal.  I tried cutting out dairy (only lasted a week), but it didn't change anything.  DS doesn't have any other issues, so I'm assuming it's fine unless another symptom comes up...  Blood, though, I'd worry about!  I would try eliminating dairy.  I've heard coconut milk products are awesome!

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  • ManiacMcGeeManiacMcGee

    imageAnjaO:
    DS had green poop all the time until about 6 weeks.  Now there's some variety, but it's still mostly green.  LC and pedi both said it's normal.  I tried cutting out dairy (only lasted a week), but it didn't change anything.  DS doesn't have any other issues, so I'm assuming it's fine unless another symptom comes up...  Blood, though, I'd worry about!  I would try eliminating dairy.  I've heard coconut milk products are awesome!

    You have to give up dairy for at least 2 weeks, better to make it 4 weeks because it can take that long to get out of your child's system.

    I gave up dairy and while it does suck, I lost 3lbs nearly right away. :) 

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  • janjagjanjag member

    Thanks for all your responses!  I XP'd on the breastfeeding board and literally got one response.

    I'm cutting out obvious dairy for now :(  Hope to see some change w/in a  couple weeks.  If it's dairy I have to throw out my freezer stash and I'm going back to work in a week.  Oh well.

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