Colostrum Milk?Brown?Yellow?Pinkish?

Kelmarin , one of Kelab Susu Ibu Melaka nya members smsed and tanya bout colostrum milk. Kenapa ada orang yang yellowish in colour, and kenapa ada yang brownish. And si ibu yang baru lepas bersalin tu worried la coz the colostrum milk that keluar dari breast dia adalah brownish in colour.

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So, meh kita baca dulu , apa sebenar nya colostrum milk ni.

Colostrum Milk ni dipanggil juga “First Milk” . Ianya akan keluar sebelum kita bersalin atau sejurus lepas bersalin . Colostrum ni memang kaya dengan antibodi dan good bakteria yang akan protect anak kita dari dapat penyakit2 yang tidak diingini sewaktu baru dilahirkan. Colostrum juga membantu prevent jaundice .

Antara kebaikan colostrum milk ni :

Colostrum contains antibodies to protect your baby from illnesses

Like breastmilk, colostrum provides numerous antibodies to the baby through its powerful white blood cells. These cells can attack harmful bacteria that may cause your baby to get sick during his first few days of life. For this reason, both colostrum and breastmilk are actually closer to human blood than they are to infant formula in their amazing ability to fight off disease and illness.

Colostrum acts as a “laxative” to stimulate the baby’s bowels

As the mother feeds her baby colostrum in the first few days, it helps the baby to pass the first stool. This stool is referred to as meconium and contains bilirubin. Bilirubin is a substance that causes newborn jaundice if it is not removed through stool and urine. If you breastfeed your baby frequently in the first few days after birth, you can indeed help to reduce her risk of deveoping jaundice.

Colostrum contains healthy nutrition for newborns

Colostrum is quite high in protein content as well as lower in fat and sugar. This makes colostrum an ideal first food for the baby not only in terms of nutrition, but for the baby to be able digest more easily than other nutritional supplements such as infant formula.

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Tapi kenapa ada macam-macam colours?

 

Our milk  depends on apa yang kita makan. Our food intakes, vitamins yang kita makan, ubat-ubatan yang kita ambil. Thus , colour of colostrum milk are vary.

Terdapat juga colour colostrum yang brownish to pinkish. Ianya di panggil juga “rusty pipe” syndrome. Jangan risau kalau tetiba colostrum yang keluar dari badan kita adalah colour sebegini. Usually it is due to dried blood yang keluar dari badan kita .

This typically comes from vascular engorgement, due to the increased blood flow to the breast. It is also related to the extremely quick development of milk-producing tissue during pregnancy. It is perfectly safe to feed the expressed milk to the baby. If the baby is at the breast, it is equally as safe to ingest the small amounts of blood being cleared. There is no medical treatment, but it will usually clear up within a week after birth.

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Banyak ke kuantiti colostrum milk yang patut keluar dari badan kita?

 

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Baby yang baru lahir tidak memerlukan susu yang banyak. Saiz perut baby yang baru lahir adalah sebesar guli kecik je. Thus susu yang diperlukan tidak banyak, dan colostrum milk yang di produce oleh badan, even though sikit tapi mencukupi untuk anak kita.
 

So, bila sahaja melahirkan anak, selepas anak itu telah dibersihkan, usually nurses akan beri pada kita untuk disusukan. For first time mother atau mak-mak yang dah lahirkan 2,3 anak ..jangan risau nurses will guide you guys on how is latching, positioning should be done. Kata lah nurses buat diam je tak beri anak pada kita, ask for your baby.Breastfeed your baby in the 1st hour after delivery tu. Sebab time ini lah first milk akan keluar.
 

Good luck mothers!

Kenali najis anak anda.

Maafkan lah kiranya entry ini sangat gross. Tapi bila jadi mak, memang najis pun kadang-kadang jadi cerita.

Aku perhatikan bila aku cebokkan anak, ada anak yang najisnya gelap dan tenggelam. Tapi ada pula anak yang najisnya kekuningan dan terapung.

Sudah sekian lama aku perhatikan dan ada tanda tanya, tapi semalam baru sempat nak google.

Maka memang setiap sesuatu yang Allah ciptakan bukan kebetulan.

Yang aku dapati, najis yang terapung tandanya sihat dan kalau tenggelam maknanya tak sihat.

Ada pula kajian tentang feces and stool ni, dapatannya seperti berikut.

"A renowned Japanese expert, specializing in human feces, said that we can diagnose our health condition by inspecting our own defecation color, smell and shape.

The healthy feces are usually 3 centimeter in diameter, golden yellow or brown in color, soft but not too soft like a mud. They have no strong smell or taste, with 2 to 3 pieces of feces for each bowel action. The absence of pressure is less or loose during defecation. You poop easily and comfortably without pressing or pushing too hard on the feces.

The feces should contain 70 to 80% of water content, and they should be floating on top of the water in your toilet ball. In term of hardness, the normal healthy feces should be soft and in a complete form. Normal stool should be cylindrical, modest in size and a feel of shiny texture. If the stool stays too long in our large intestine, it may appear in a granular form or too coarse."

Ada juga diterangkan jenis-jenis najis di artikel asal. There are feces with bubble, soup-like feces, mucus-like feces, thin-and-jelly-like feces, rotten-egg smell feces, bloody feces and many more. 

Even kalau baby pun kita kena tengok najisnya untuk tentukan kesihatannya kan? Macam post yang entry pernah arin buat dulu tentang baby & stool.

Jadi, bukan sahaja baby je kita kena monitor. Anak-anak yang membesar pun sama-samalah jaga juga.

:)

Cuma jangan purposely tengok najis lama-lama. Tak elok dalam Islam.

Baby's Stool : Info for First Timer Mum & Breastfeeding Babies

Risau dengan stool anakl2?Kenapa kejap colour dia kuning, kenapa kejap colour dia kehijauan?

Nih ada info untuk readers semua especially first timer mum and breastfeeding babies .

- First stool -

During your pregnancy your baby’s digestive system starts to work by swallowing amniotic fluid. Meconium, which is made up of amniotic fluid, bile, and shed skin cells, begins to collect in your baby’s intestines while he is in your womb.
When your baby has his first bowel movement, he will empty the meconium that has been collecting. Most babies start to pass meconium within 12 hours of their birth. Not passing meconium during the first 24 hours can be a sign of a complication such as an intestinal obstruction. Occasionally, babies have their first bowel movement in utero. This can happen if baby is in distress. Furthermore, passing meconium into the amniotic fluid can cause a complication known as meconium aspiration syndrome.

Then selepas beberapa hari, baby’s stool akan bertukar menjadi gini :

Once your baby passes the meconium out of his system, his poop will begin to change colors. If you are breastfeeding, your baby’s stools will be mustard colored, seedy, and runny. If you are formula feeding, they will be tan colored and soft. Formula-fed babies’ stools are firmer than breastfed babies but they should not be any firmer than a peanut butter consistency. Some moms say that a breastfed baby’s poop doesn’t stink. It has a distinct smell that some describe as sweet but it still has an odor.

Kadang-kadang , baby’s stool ada gak yang color macam ni. Kenapa jadi macam nih?

Every now and then the notorious green poop may show up in your baby’s diaper. You may take a look at it and ask yourself “how’d that get there?” There are many different causes for green poop. More than likely, if your baby has green poop, it’s nothing to worry about, but here are a few possibilities.

• Iron-fortified formula – Some formula-fed babies will develop a case of green poop from the iron in the formula they are taking. As long as your baby is happy and not having any problems with constipation, there is nothing to worry about.
• Jaundice – A baby that has jaundice may have dark or greenish colored stools. This normally goes away once baby is off of the bilirubin lights.
• Dairy Sensitivity – Some breastfed babies are very sensitive to certain foods in their mom’s diet. If your baby is having problems with green mucousy stools, blood in his stools, spitting up a lot, or a skin rash, he may be sensitive to something in your diet. Dairy products are one of the most common causes of food allergies in babies. If you think this might be the problem, try eliminating milk and dairy products from your diet. It may take a couple weeks to see results from a dairy elimination diet. You should see improvement in a week or two. If you’re not sure, you can always try it out for a few weeks and then try having a cup of milk to see what happens. If the symptoms come back, then milk is probably the culprit and you will want to avoid it.
• Foremilk/Hindmilk imbalance – If your baby is breastfeeding and has green frothy-looking poops, this may be a result of a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. To put this simply, when a mom breastfeeds the first milk that comes out (foremilk) is thinner and lower in fat. After you have nursed for a bit, you will start to produce richer, fattier milk called hindmilk. Babies that receive too much of the thin foremilk and not enough of the richer hindmilk sometimes have problems with green stools and tummy aches. If you have been switching breasts a lot instead of letting baby get a good feed on one breast, you may have problems with this.
• Other reasons – Sometimes babies just have greenish colored poop. The range of color in baby’s poops can vary. Any range of yellow, mustard to yellow/green is pretty normal for a baby. If baby is gaining well and happy then there is nothing to worry about.

Stage Three transitional stool is much lighter and thinner than meconium. It is just before regular stooling begins. Each of these stages can last a varying amount of time, depending on how long your breast milk has been in or how long your baby has been eating. Colostrum has a natural laxative effect and will encourage your baby to stool more frequently. The same can be said of breast milk.

So, lama kelamaan , baby’s stool akan jadi sebegini rupa color nya . Especially for breastfeeding babies.

In a healthy, breast fed infant, you’ll notice that the stools are yellow. They are also fairly runny. This is not considered a problem. You will also notice that there are small seed like objects in the stool. Breast fed diapers are often called baby poop mustard because they look a lot like mustard.

Ada ketika kadang2 kita akan nampak stains of blood dalam stool baby kita. Same kes macam Zara dulu sampaikan dia kena admitted hospital. Tuh ader few reasons why ada blood dalam stool. Antara nya :

Small cuts or tears on the baby’s anus – Sometimes babies will develop an anal fissure (tear) from straining. You may notice small streaks of blood in baby’s stool

Diaper rash – If baby has had a diaper rash that has resulted in skin breakdown, he may end up with tiny amounts of blood in his diaper.

Food sensitivities- Dairy sensitivities may cause baby to have bloody/mucousy stools.

So, kalau tetiba stool anak bertukar dari yang biasa nya, at least, ni ada info buat semua.Harap-harap dapat membantu readers semua!

Info from : 

1. http://www.justmommies.com/articles/baby-poop.shtml?page=0,0

2. http://pregnancy.about.com/od/newbornbabies/ss/bfdiapers.htm