Re: [ozmidwifery] baby poo

[JoFromOz]

Mary Murphy wrote: Hi all.  An enquiry from a mother of a 3 week old baby re the colour of baby’s poo.  Baby has never had yellow “breast milk “ poos.  He has always had greeny brown poo, a good one every day, the same consistency of newborn yellow poo, but just never yellow.  He  breast feeds frequently, seems content after feeds, has lots of wet nappies.  Any suggestions?  Thanks, Mary M Mary, Will's poos were the same.  He probably had the 'normal' yellow poo once a day, and that was for about 2 months - until my milk supply settled down.  I know that green poo is from 'oversupply' - more food than needed, so more bile gets excreted to get rid of it fast (this was explained to me by an LC).  I also heard that green poo could be from more foremilk than hindmilk.  To combat this I used to use one breast per feed until it was 'floppy' (!) to ensure it wasn't just foremilk he got.  Also, due to my initial forceful letdown, a lot of the initial foremilk was absorbed by a bunny rug when he pulled off and cried because there was just too much.  This poo I remember being like it had seaweed in it... Hope this helps! Love Jo