Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 171 Location: Chilliwack
Umbilical Cord.......and Other Worries Posted: 01-28-07 23:43pm
My son is 12 days old.....We have a drs
appt tomorrow but I thought I would
express my concern here first just to get
some piece of mind.
Where I am they tell you to do nothing
around the umbilical cord except clean
around it with water and a q-tip.....As a
result of bleeding as it starts to
seperate....I have been noticing it has
blood around it all the time and the last
time I changed him there was quite a bit
of it.... It is not bleeding contiuious
but I am such a worrier, I never had to
deal with this with my first son as at
that time they were telling us to clean it
with rubbing alcohol, so there was never
any bleeding becuase it was dried out
already, there is really no question there
for anyone to respond to just feels good
to let someone else know how I
feel...Thanx for listening.
Here is a question for you.....I have been
going throught what you would call baby
blues, which I know is totally normal, but
at what point should I consider my baby
blues to have turned into ppd, I have had
two miscarriages before having damien, and
I am finding as a result I am worring
about everything, and my biggest fear
right now is sids. I have an appt
tomorrow and I am not sure if I should
talk to him about this now or wait another
couple of weeks to see if it gets any
better, anyhow have any advice for me?
I would tell them at your appt usually
they ask if ur feelin depresed etc, abotu
the belly button iw oulda just cleaned it
how u cleaned your first, theyre ok right
lol. Dif drs have different views on
things . They did it diff here then with
my son but they put powder on it instead
and tied a bandage around , josephs I
cleaned with alchol it took 17 days to
fall off jordynnes only took like 3.
But id let yrou dr know about your blues
now in case so u can maybe have meds in
case ya know it seems like everytime I got
ot he dr I feel quite happy then I wind up
feelin depressed so my last appt I filled
out the paperwork and it asked if uve ever
felt hopeles sin the last 2 weeks I
circled yes but eh they dont read the
paperwork she didnt ask me about it , go
figure but im doing better at the moment.
But still u need to let em know in case it
gets worse.
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Sunflower_pie81
Especially EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 5041 Location: to hell with this crap
Posted: 01-29-07 09:20am
You should be cleaning the cord with
alcohol not water. That is why they say
not to give your baby a full complete bath
until the cord falls off. The alcohol
will dry up the dying skin causing it to
fall off.
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 01-29-07 09:30am
They told me to do nothing with trey's too
but I would clean in with a bit of rubbing
alcohol and his fell off when he was 7-8
days I think.
As for the ppd. If you can't stop
crying, if you feel like hurting yourself
or damien, if you feel like you just don't
want to get up anymore or want to give the
baby away. Anything that is really out
of character is when it becomes worrisome.
I would talk to the doc tomorrow and let
him know and if you are that nervous about
sids, so get a moniter that detects
brathing/heartbeat. I had the angelcare
one and it's great!!
