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I'm fully convinced my girl has cmpa

If anyones children has it, please please could you tell me if this sounds like cmpa as I'm trying to build evidence for the doctors. She's 4 weeks old so they're struggling to find what it is due to an immature digestive system.

She struggles to poop. Like she will go bright red, you can see her trying to push with her little belly getting tense while she does it 🥺
When she poo has passed, it's very mucusy, very liquidy and has also had blood in it 3 times. (Told the doctors but she said it could just be the trauma from the bowl with pushing so much and so hard)

She spits up constantly, even after being winded. Sometimes projectile. Sometimes half digested spit up, chunky like cheese and sometimes fresh milk comes straight back up.

She's extremely gassy, very easy to wind after feeding. This little girl toots like no other baby.

Also, she's breastfed. Very occasionally given breast milk in a bottle but probably only 5 times since she was born.

I've cut all dairy from my diet for the past 3 days and I'm seeing an improvement in her skin already. No change in the nappies yet but hopefully soon! (I'm lactose intolerant but I'm addicted to cheese so suffering with the pain was worth it!😂)

Sorry for the long message. I had to deal with issues with lactose and having a sore belly my whole life. It's horrible and I don't want this for my little girl.
I'll do anything to make her comfortable again😭🥺

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100% CMPA.
The blood in poo (combined with everything else) should’ve been an immediate red flag for the Dr to say CMPA!

It can take 2 weeks for symptoms to fully clear up but I’d also recommend cutting soy from your diet too as the proteins are similar and cause the same reactions!
Be super vigilant with everything you eat, you’d be surprised what you’ll find milk in! Some things that surprised me was some breads, tins of chicken & veg soup(!!), lots and lots of crisps but not like the obvious cheese & onion but like those flame grilled steak ones!
If it mostly clears but not fully, it’s worth exploring other allergens. Egg allergy commonly goes along with CMPA and can often be the last puzzle piece to fully clear the symptoms.
After a couple weeks of 0 dairy and cleared symptoms, you’ll want to reintroduce it to your diet in small amounts to test if symptoms come back, then that’s your definitive answer

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