Our little baby Joshua was born last
friday and we are totally overjoyed! When
he was born we noticed what can best be
described as red marks on his eyelids.
They look a little like birth marks and
are not raised in any way but cover about
half of the lids with more on one of the
eyelids. From what I've read these are due
to trauma when he was passing through the
birth canal and they are harmless and
should fade in a couple of days. However
it has been over a week and they are still
there and quite prominent.
The midwife had a look at him and said
they are fine, however his eyes are very
sticky and watery. Is this normal? On
monday he has a swab just to make sure
that he's ok but I'm still a little
worried! Has anyone else had a baby with
these red marks? Are they harmless? Do
they eventually go? Could it be anything
sinister?
