Newborn Constipation

For breastfeeding mothers, newborn constipation is not really an issue, because although your baby may grunt and groan and squish up her face, she is probably not constipated.

Constipation is when your baby's stool is really firmly formed or shaped like hard pellets. In this case, you should talk to your doctor.

But if you are concerned about newborn constipation because your baby only has a bowel movement every two or three days, stop worrying and start rejoicing! (smile)

As long as your baby's stools are not hard, it doesn't matter how often they poop. And consider yourself lucky if it's only every few days.

I once had a friend who was very concerned about her daughter. She was about four months old as I recall and had not had a bowel movement in 13 days! She was exclusively breastfed so her doctor wasn't worried, but my poor friend was beside herself. Finally on day 14, she pooped the mother of all poops. Helen had her hands full - pun intended!