OT-Vespa's Medical Trivia

[policefan]

Hmm, it's been ten years but I remember the first baby poo being black and very sticky. I believe it's called meconium and consits of amniotic fluid. And then there is the projectile poo.

[ltwoman]

I can't believe we are having this thread and that it's so popular!! Let 'er rip! (or toot, or whatever...)

[Shangeris]

Wow!

But where is that substance coming from...(your good a googling)

Thanks!

[smudge]

[quote="vespapod"]Smudge wins the poop prize....old blood cells is the right answer....the browner the shit the healthier you are...eat your greens!!!

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Excellent! I hope I haven't won an appropriate trophy. And now we can all get good and paranoid about whether our shit is sufficiently brown.

[ltwoman]

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And now we can all get good and paranoid about whether our shit is sufficiently brown.

Maybe we can "spice up" next year's Christmas card exchange a bit...

[vespapod]

Nobody is working on the baby poo question!!
I already have the next one (google proof)

[smax]

this thread's a load of shit.


kinda relevant... wife's cousin had a baby recently-ish, and the little girl emerged with her first pooh on top of her head! Oh, i SO cannot wait til she's 16 to tell her.... "shithead!"

[Shangeris]

I already have the next one (google proof)

[Chatchka]

Well, after the meconium, breastfed babies often have yellow poop. Is that the answer? BTW, I found this nice illustrative link for you. And, it isn't satire. They actually have a baby poop photos slideshow. ICK. (Where is the "eeeeeeewwwwww" emoticon.)

http://www.babycenter.com/baby-poop-photos

[vespapod]

Chatchka...yes the poo is yellow but the question is WHY??

My mom shit on my head when I was born...they say its good luck!

[Shangeris]

Because their blood hasn't circulated much yet!! ETA: and there can't be many dead blood cells!

[vespapod]

youre sort of right but something isnt working yet...(clue)

[ltwoman]

I keep thinking this has something to do with the liver... is that it?

[Shangeris]

I give up

[vespapod]

Thats right!...the liver is not working for the first few days so nothing is processed and the blood cells remain intact.
Poop is yellow cecause of no bilirubin breakdown