Hm.
I'm really not sure about the blood. So you've talked to your doctor or child health nurse about that already?
Green poo can certainly be normal, it's on the spectrum of normal coloured poo. Does she seem to be going ok otherwise?
It seems like you feel something else is up, though....? Is there another health professional you could talk to about this perhaps?
Generally in the first week newborns poo does go green at some stage- not all do but most go meconium, brown, green, then mustard. The green usually coincides with the milk changing as you go into lactogenisis 2 ( the milk 'coming in'). You would generally expect it to only be green for a day or two, but I guess its not unheard of to go longer. I'm sure your milk came in quickly though being oyur 3rd baby. Maybe ring the MCHN line and see what they say?
The discharge is normal for I think up to a few months, my baby's breasts were swollen for a few weeks I think. Its called psuedomenstruation if you want to google it. Is it mucousy or straight blood?
It's just blood, but I spoke to the midwife today and she said that its perfectly normal and it can take awhile to stop depending on how long it takes for the hormones to leave her body.
My milk is definitely in, been through the initial engorgement and all so it's not because of transition milk. Midwife said I could try changing my diet and see if it made a difference but she wasn't real worried about it. Bub has already gone past her birth weight so she said she is obviously feeding well.
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