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What is meconium?
By Louise Rogers on 09/08/2006 12:38:56
The presence of meconium in your waters can signal health concerns for your new baby. What should you look for and what should you do?
What is meconium?The short answer is poo – your baby’s first poo, to be precise. It’s dark, sticky (think treacle), near impossible to wipe clean (don’t worry, later offerings are easier to deal with) and, mercifully, odourless. It’s also, unlike
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What is lanugo?
By Louise Rogers on 01/10/2007 01:56:21
It’s one of those words that gets bandied about in all the pregnancy books, but what is it? And should you be concerned about it?
grows as a means insulation for your baby; at this stage he has very little body fat to keep him warm, hence the hair. When the hair is shed in utero, it is consumed by the unborn baby, and contributes to meconium, baby’s first poo. Interestingly
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