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Is it okay to feed my baby my expressed breast milk that has a drop of my blood in it? (it's from my cracked nipple) thanks!
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Bloody breast milk: It is a common event that during the process of breast feeding, maternal blood from nipples or milk ducts, can stain the breast milk, with the resulting bloody, rusty, or brownish decoloration. Babies will continue ingestion the breast milk with no problems. Ocassionally, the baby's stool can turn dark, or black color, as a reflexion of the metabolism of the maternal blood in the baby's intestine.
Answered 4/17/2014
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