Sometimes, your baby's first stool can end up in the amniotic fluid and, rarely, in his lungs. Luckily, MAS is very treatable.

Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) remains a serious neonatal respiratory disorder that occurs when newborns inhale meconium‐stained amniotic fluid during delivery. This condition, often associated ...

Baby's first poop is one of the first milestones your little one will hit — maybe even before coming out of the womb. The official name for this bowel movement is called meconium and fair warning: it ...

This essay is adapted from The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last, in agreement with Crown ...

The new research set out to investigate whether patterns of biomarkers in a baby’s meconium could predict allergy development in the first year of life. Samples of meconium from 100 infants were ...