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Breastfeeding my 2nd child who is a week old and her poop smells pretty bad. poop looks normal, yellow. is the reason for a bed smell?
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Prob Normal: Breastfed babies normal stool are usually yellow ; pasty in consistency, ; often malodorous. Babies have limited gut microbes at birth. Babies born vaginally acquire good healthy microbes/bacteria during birth from birth canal that those born by c-section miss. Breastfed babies acquire good microbes from mom's from nursing. Odor of stool commonly comes from breakdown by gut microbes.
Answered 4/24/2018
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