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Hi My Baby Is New Born . She’s 3 Weeks

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Posted on Thu, 1 Oct 2020
Question: hi my baby is new born . she’s 3 weeks old. it’s been 5 days and she haven’t poop yet . her tummy is not hard and I did tummy message, bicycling and warm bath but she haven’t poop yet so what should I do to make her poop?
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Follow up: Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey (1 minute later)
hi my baby is new born . she’s 3 weeks old. it’s been 5 days and she haven’t poop yet . her tummy is not hard and I did tummy message, bicycling and warm bath but she haven’t poop yet so what should I do to make her poop?
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Answered by Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
If your child does not poop more than 14 days you may give her some anus stimulation or some juice to help her to poop.

Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for your question Sitagurung. Hope I can be of help for you today. I am sorry that your child has a problem with her defecation even if you try to give her a massage, bicycling, and warm bath but still not help. I would like to have confirmation questions. Does your child breast feed only? Did your child pass meconium? At first breastfed babies may pass stool often since breast milk is easy to digest. However, once your child is between 3 to 6 weeks old, they may pass a large, soft stool once a week and sometimes can be less. If your child uses the formula fed she could pass stool more frequently than breast milk. So if she is not crying because of not poop no worry about it you can wait and see. If your child does not poop more than 14 days you may give her some anus stimulation or some juice to help her to poop.

I hope that I can help you, and please let me know if you have any clarification or question about that, and I would be welcome to discuss it with you further. I Hope you have good health.

Best regards,
Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey, General and Family Physician
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng
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Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey

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Hi My Baby Is New Born . She’s 3 Weeks

hi my baby is new born . she’s 3 weeks old. it’s been 5 days and she haven’t poop yet . her tummy is not hard and I did tummy message, bicycling and warm bath but she haven’t poop yet so what should I do to make her poop?