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KartveliT
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Belly button bleeding after the cord fell off anyone have experience ?
My 2w old DS's cord fell off while at the PED's office on Thu evening . The dr cauterized it with silver nitrate and said it's fine, and that I can give him a bath. But on Friday and today I noticed small amount of bleeding. I have been cleaning it with alcohol and just put gauze on it for a bit, but wondering if anyone has any experience with this and what you did if anything? How long did it last?
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mrsboss
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Belly button bleeding after the cord fell off anyone have experience ?
Ped may need to cauterize it once more. I'd
Call and bring him Monday morning
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| Posted 9/29/12 8:40 PM |
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janedoe
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Re: Belly button bleeding after the cord fell off anyone have experience ?
The same thing happened with my DD. the doctor played with it and then later that day it completely fell off and was bleeding. Initually I was cleaning it and putting ointment on it but the bleeding continued so I just left it alone- didn't touch it, didn't put anything on it and didn't give her real bathes or wash it too hard for a week and then it was fine and all healed. Just leave it alone for a little while. I think it's because it came off too soon is what caused the bleeding.
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Lisagail55
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Belly button bleeding after the cord fell off anyone have experience ?
The idiot ped we took DS took ripped it off too soon (his 2 wk appt). It bled for. Few day after. I just kept wiping it with an alcohol swab once or twice a day. More annoying than anything since it got all over his clothes every day.
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wingsofsong
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Belly button bleeding after the cord fell off anyone have experience ?
This happened with my son. My MIL is a retired nurse, and she said to put neosporin and a bandaid on it. We did that for about 2 days and then it was fine (it had already been bleeding for 2 or 3 days before we did this).
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| Posted 9/29/12 9:02 PM |
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Googlybear
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Re: Belly button bleeding after the cord fell off anyone have experience ?
my ds belly button fell off at 5 days, and continued to have pieces fall off for the following week +. It bled but we were told to leave it alone. Eventually it stopped on its own. (within 2 or 3 days of teh last piece falling off). If the bleeding is excessive, or any part worries you, call your pediatrician.
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| Posted 9/29/12 9:29 PM |
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Seta
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Re: Belly button bleeding after the cord fell off anyone have experience ?
Posted by KartveliT
My 2w old DS's cord fell off while at the PED's office on Thu evening . The dr cauterized it with silver nitrate and said it's fine, and that I can give him a bath. But on Friday and today I noticed small amount of bleeding. I have been cleaning it with alcohol and just put gauze on it for a bit, but wondering if anyone has any experience with this and what you did if anything? How long did it last?
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Same thing happened with ds.....only at 5 weeksdoc told us not to bath for a week..so it could heal...andd it never did bleed..maybe u got it wet too soon?
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| Posted 9/29/12 9:53 PM |
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KartveliT
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Re: Belly button bleeding after the cord fell off anyone have experience ?
Posted by Seta
Posted by KartveliT
My 2w old DS's cord fell off while at the PED's office on Thu evening . The dr cauterized it with silver nitrate and said it's fine, and that I can give him a bath. But on Friday and today I noticed small amount of bleeding. I have been cleaning it with alcohol and just put gauze on it for a bit, but wondering if anyone has any experience with this and what you did if anything? How long did it last?
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Same thing happened with ds.....only at 5 weeksdoc told us not to bath for a week..so it could heal...andd it never did bleed..maybe u got it wet too soon?
oh jo I didn't give him a bath yet. The ped said it's ok , but once I saw how it looked the next day I decided to wait, plan to wait on bath time another few days, want to make sure it's healed first.
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| Posted 9/30/12 12:36 AM |
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KartveliT
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Re: Belly button bleeding after the cord fell off anyone have experience ?
Thanks everyone, no not too much bleeding, just a bit of blood around the area . The gauze helped a bit. The ped has Sun hrs so I will bring him in tomorrow or call them and see what they say. Hope it heals soon, can't stand looking at it , feel like it hurts him
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MrsS2005
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Re: Belly button bleeding after the cord fell off anyone have experience ?
Posted by mrsboss
Ped may need to cauterize it once more. I'd
Call and bring him Monday morning
I agree. The doctor needed to cauterize DS2's belly button twice.
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