Bloody belly button

My little one is 3 weeks old and the cord fell off in the first week. It’s been bleeding today and there is a dark bloodied scab. Can’t get through to HV and GP surgery is half day Wednesday so can’t even ask any questions. Does this look like it needing looking at?

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My daughters is just like this! I have a midwife coming out tomorrow and I’m mentioning it to her but I think it can be normal, I just clean her nearly every nappy change with warm water and a cotton ball x

My baby literally had this too! My midwife and doctor said it was fine! I just kept cleaning it with cotton wool and warm water. It stopped bleeding after a few days

Just got to clean it my sons was bleeding bit

My daughters was similar! My HV told me to go to the pharmacy and they gave me some Sodium Chloride solution and it cleared it up within a day :) x

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