However, it is worth knowing about it in advance, because forewarned is forearmed. And meconium can be dangerous. So here's what you need to know.
Photo: Getty Images1. Meconium is just the abstruse name of the first baby’s chair.2. It has hair. The very first children's feces contain what the child devoured while in the womb. For example, exfoliated skin cells, mucus, amniotic fluid, bile, water, light down covering the baby’s body. Meconium black and green. It has a viscous, sticky and dense consistency. He has no smell. No matter how disgusting the chair looks, it doesn’t smell at all. Meconium sticks to the skin of the child. The reason for this is its high viscosity. It is believed that if you lubricate the clean and dry skin of the child with a thin layer of oil, then meconium will be removed from the baby's ass with minimal loss. Although it is better to do with simple warm water.
Photo: Getty images 6. It is sterile.There are no bacteria in it because the tiny intestines of a newborn are not yet filled with microorganisms. 7. Meconium usually comes out for no more than one or two days. Then it is replaced by green-brown feces, after which - yellow, similar in consistency and color to mustard, poop. The stool of children who are breastfed may have small white inclusions. 8. It can end up in the womb. About 25% of babies cannot wait to be born and get rid of waste right in the mother's belly. Then the amniotic fluid, or intrauterine waters, changes color, becoming green. This is a signal for the doctor or obstetrician that the unborn baby needs to be closely monitored to avoid complications. And most importantly, he needs to be born as soon as possible. 9. There is a risk that the unborn baby will inhale what he released into the water. Meconium aspiration syndrome is typical mainly for post-term babies. Moreover, this can happen before, during and after birth. When the baby inhales amniotic fluid with meconium, the latter can block the airways. Doctors often play it safe by releasing water during weak labor to speed up the process before the baby swallows the dangerous mixture. 10. Meconium can become an obstacle to home birth in water. When there is meconium in the amniotic fluid, you need to act quickly, there should be professionals nearby who, if necessary, will immediately clear the baby's airways and thereby save his life.
