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discharge from umbilical cord stump?

DS is having some dark brown discharge from his umbilical cord stump.  I don't remember hearing about this before.  We've been putting alcohol on the stump like we're supposed to. Is this normal?  I'm a paranoid FTM. :)

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Re: discharge from umbilical cord stump?

  • Clean it with a q-tip and keep the area dry.I believe its yellow or green discharge you need to worry about.

     

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  • imageanastasiacarmen:
    is it dried blood?  we had some very light bleeding that dried in an ugly dark color

    It might be blood, now that I look at it again.  

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  • Yeah, sounds like old goopy blood.  Keep it as dry as possible by gently dabbing a dry qtip in the wet spots to help it along to falling off.
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  • This happened to DD at 9 days old and the cord stump fell off later that evening. 
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