Green Stool

Punten topiknya agak2 ... hmmm, agak2 lah pokoknya.

Shaafazka kemaren malam sempet excreeting green stool. Agak2 khawatir, karena engga pernah lagi in the last months or so. Kalo pas awal2 lahir, iyalah, emang beda, karena selain mainly fed on colostrum, also discreet liquid dari air ketuban.

Anyway, ngecek2 di internet:

http://www.babycenter.com.au/baby/dailycare/yourbabyspoo/
http://www.babycenter.com.au/baby/breastfeeding/greenstools/
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071216212409AAqBPCA

Summary:
1. 'If your baby's stools are green and frothy she may be taking in too much lactose (the natural sugar found in milk), which happens if she feeds often, but doesn't get the rich milk at the end of the feed to fill her up. It may also be caused by overfeeding or underfeeding, or is a sign that your baby has a stomach bug.'

Make sure your baby finishes feeding from one breast before offering her the other. If the symptoms last longer than 24 hours, consult your health visitor or GP to try to find the source of the problem, as it may be due to a food sensitivity, medication or your feeding routine.

2. If your baby's stools are nearly always green and if he is not gaining weight well even though your milk supply seems fine, then it could be that he is getting too much foremilk and not enough hindmilk. As the foremilk is more dilute, with more lactose and less calories, it stimulates your baby's digestive tract to move the milk along too fast producing green, often explosive, nappies!

If you are taking him off the first breast before he comes off spontaneously, try waiting until your baby finishes the first breast to get enough hindmilk before offering the second breast; it may even be that he will only need one breast per feed. Ask a breastfeeding counsellor or infant feeding specialist to check that your baby is properly latched on and that he is managing to extract all the calorie-rich hindmilk.


Anyway, emang kemaren2 latching nya agak susah, i.e. Shaafazka minum ASI nya males2an. Hari ini sedikit "dipaksa" agar dia mau latching and stay on feeding for couple of minutes biar dapet hindmilk nya itu tadi.

And alhamdulillah, her stool is back to normal again ... heheheh


Wassalaam
Abu Shaafazka