Further to my previous post about Olivia having her belly button done...with each subsequent nappy change yesterday her tummy looked yukkier and more sore. By the time F_ got home from work I was almost crying cause I was worried about her. Not sure who to contact at that time of day I ended up phoning one of our midwives, who had initially suggested that we got the cauterisation done, to ask her about it. I think the problem was that the nurse who did it had not told me whst to expect and because it looked so harmless at the time it hadn't occurred to me to ask what was likely to happen. The area around her naval had gone pink and puffy, while her belly button itself had gone grey and sticky and yukky looking.
In the interests of science and to help anyone who has this happen with their baby here it is...those of you of a delicate disposition look away now...
Overnight a lot of the grey stuff came off on her vest. Today it lookes pink and sore but like it is getting better. We have to go again on Monday and have another treatment.
The (piss-poor) photo doesn't actually give the full effect.
ReplyDeleteYou know when you're cooking mince, and it goes that sort of grey colour? That's what all the skin around her navel looked like; half-cooked mince, with the juices seeping around it. Nice.
Over the course of the night, it rubbed against her vest and by the time I came to change her in the morning, it was a bright red and slightly wet looking thing that greeted me. We think/ hope this is what it's supposed to look like. We'll find out on Monday when she goes back.
One thing we're not keen on is the fact that the silver nitrate seems to have spilt on to her belly a little bit - you can just make this out in the photo. We will not be impressed if this leaves any sort of mark on her.