Exclusively Breastfed Infant Poop

Hello mamas, I just had my baby girl a couple of days ago (last Friday) & she hasn’t had any poopy diapers since she came out of the womb. I was reading that exclusively breastfed babies can go up to 2 weeks without pooping, wondering if anyone else has gone through the same?

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We had the same concern with our LO. Our baby was born on a Thursday, came home Fri and first appt with ped was that Monday. We talked to the ped that he hasn't pooped since the hospital and she said that if he hasn't pooped by Wed (5 days since last poop, to call her and let her know). The very next morning 2am, we had poop and lots of it!

Same thing with my baby girl went about 3 days without pooping when home, tried doing some gas relieving stretches and rubbing her belly. On night 3 tons of poop. Should look mustard yellow with little white specs. (That’s just excess fat from your milk)
Trust your gut though, contact your ped if you think necessary! <3

she did have 2 poopy diapers before we were discharged but I meant to say she hasn’t had any more since then lol

im hoping she will poop tonight since tomorrow will be a week since her last poop 😭 she hasn’t shown any signs of discomfort & she’s constantly passing gas

thank you! If she hasn’t pooped by tomorrow definitely calling it in, just glad she doesn’t seem to be in any discomfort!

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I’m four months in and I don’t really have hobbies right now. I don’t do anything for myself except maybe doomscrolling or listening to a podcast while I breastfeed my baby. I used to craft and have game nights with friends. Activities that usually are at least 2 hour stretches. Now if I have an hour free my mind immediately goes to baby, or doing something in the house for baby.

And I thought I didn’t mind. Like I knew postpartum could be very mentally consuming. But I think it’s altering how I view people around me and it’s prodding at my relationship with my husband.

He spends most of his time making food for us, looking after our dogs, playing with the baby, ect. But he still has time for his hobby. Spends maybe an hour a night on it. Even adapted to using a bot for shopping for his hobby after a certain incident where we had to have a heart to heart after he left me home alone with the baby for hours during a busy workday (I work from home) to shop for his hobby.

And yet there’s like this little green eyed monster in me that rages every time I know he’s running off to start up the bot. Even though I’m the reason he does it this way.

We took a family trip last weekend to see his best friend and their kids and let them meet the baby. He brought the laptop. He’s always brought a laptop on trips and it’s never been a problem to me before. But one night we both woke up while the baby was still asleep, and he wandered out of the room. I tried to fall back asleep but couldn’t. So I went to the kitchen to try having something warm to drink to settle me. And he was there at the table running the bot from his laptop. I flipped out at him. But there really wasn’t reason to. It’s not like I needed help with the baby and he was ignoring me. He wasn’t avoiding our friends. He was just awake and unable to sleep and found something to do with his time. Yet my snap reaction was “why the hell would you do this on a family trip?”

I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the less complete sleep from baby’s middle of the night feed? My brain being just consumed by baby? Maybe I’m not as over that shopping incident as I thought? But I’m just so annoyed at his hobby right now. The green eyed monster thinks “you could be using that time differently” but realistically to do what exactly??? Stare at our baby in the dark???

I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

I don’t want to be this jealous, angry person. But I also don’t know how to find time for myself in this right now outside of basic hygiene. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to be myself, even if just for an hour.

Maybe I need a therapist.

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