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 ...

Kira was born seriously ill, as she had breathed in contaminated amniotic fluid during birth. The traditional treatment for ...

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 ...

My patient came in for an induction because her baby was a week late and showed no sign of budging. After the obligatory IV, her doctor came in and checked her cervix. She was already a couple ...

Children could be set on a path to developing allergies, asthma and eczema before they are born. Analysis of a baby’s first stool, known as meconium, shows that a lack of certain biochemicals and gut ...

A breast milk enema resulted in faster meconium evacuation and a shorter time to enteral feeding compared with a saline enema, a randomized clinical trial in a Chinese hospital showed. Among 286 ...