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Bubie 
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Posted: 10 May 2010 at 5:09pm |
Our boy is two weeks old tomorrow and im just wondering if it's normal for his tummy button/ ub cord to smell,ooze abit of blood and what looks like yellow puss ? I can tell it's nearly off but it really smells and dosnt look very good, midwife is comming tomorrow but i wanted to know if this is normal or not ? 
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Kellz
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Posted: 10 May 2010 at 5:12pm |
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Clean it with warm water with a bit of salt dissolved in it using a cotton bud or cotton wool ball, and leave it open to air as much as possible- hard in the cold weather, but thats the best thing to help dry it up. They never look nice, but shouldnt be pussy- clean it like I said a couple of times a day. If its red around it or hot to touch then its probably infected. Definatly get mw to check it tomorrow.
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FayeG
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Posted: 10 May 2010 at 7:55pm |
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i second what Kelz said - shouldnt be pussy. Roll the top of the nappy down so it doesnt rub on belly button
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HuntersMama
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Posted: 11 May 2010 at 1:17pm |
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Sometimes there can be a bit of yellowish discharge which is what DS had and it wasnt infected. If it is infected the skin around the cord will be red and hot.
I found the cord smelt until it dropped off, was pretty bad! It then took a few weeks for the wound to completely heal over.
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Posted: 11 May 2010 at 1:24pm |
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Get MW to check DD's took over 2 months heal properly in the end we had to use alcohol to dry it out as hers is a real inny and she ended up on ABs as it was slightly infected. I took her to the Dr several times before they eventually took a swab to check for infection. I kept is super clean so they kept saying it was fine.
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High9
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Posted: 11 May 2010 at 1:42pm |
Lily's had a bit of discharge, even after it fell out just before 2 weeks (tbh it fell out and we still haven't found it!) 
It doesn't look good, but then again it's dying so it wouldn't look pretty! That's also why it stinks a bit.
She has an outie and that's what caused the discharge for us as it's an umbilical hernia!
If you are worried though there is absolutely no harm in asking the mw! They understand with us 1st timers!!
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Posted: 11 May 2010 at 1:42pm |
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Sorry forgot to add her discharge was bloody and a yellow-brown colour.
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Posted: 11 May 2010 at 2:22pm |
Caleb's dropped off at 6 days, I didn't notice a smell but then I was terrified of going anywhere near it in case I hurt him  TBH I never washed around the cord, I guess it just soaked in the bath well enough.
There was a tiny bit of blood the next day, but it healed up quite quickly really. If there's a lot of discharge and a smell I'd give your MW a ring and ask her to come take a look, he might need some AB's and/or a good wash a few times a day.
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AzzaNZ
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Posted: 11 May 2010 at 7:42pm |
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No, I dont think that sounds normal.
We used Wecesin powder on Isabella's umbilical cord. It fell off in a few days and we had no hassles.
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MyLilSquishy
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Posted: 11 May 2010 at 8:30pm |
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Rileys dropped off on day 3 naturally, we were still in hospital (c-section) so he had alot of "airing time" (did alot of skin to skin) which i guess helped. but agree with what everyone has said. should not be pus-sy. defo get MW to check it. if it is infected you want to get onto that ASAP.
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Posted: 12 May 2010 at 3:46pm |
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ask her to take a swab and test for infection.
DS2 had a yucky smelly umbilical cord/belly button. tested no infection, just kept it clean etc.
but caleb had staph infection in his and got seriously ill for a while.
to look at them/smell them there was no difference initially - until the staph infection really got a hold and it was red all around and the surrounding tissue got infected.
don't wait till that happens. just get the midwife to test. ours was reluctant to and thats why it got that bad.
be pushy.
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Posted: 13 May 2010 at 9:19pm |
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With DS, my midwife warned me that the cord stump would smell like rotting meat -- apparently the smell is normal.
His did smell like that, but was fine with no infection and dropped off about day 6. We did't really wash around the cord much either - my midwife said that the most important thing was to keep it dry.
Didn't ooze though, would get that checked.
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