How to Prevent Bloody Baby Navel

A bloody navel can be experienced by a newborn baby or a few weeks afterwards. This can happen if baby umbilical cord care is not done properly. Wounds or bleeding on the umbilical cord need to be prevented and treated immediately, so as not to become infected. After the baby is born, the umbilical cord will be cut until there are only a few so-called navel stumps. The navel stump will generally release on its own within 10-14 days, after it has previously dried and shrunk. Sometimes a bloody navel can occur when the navel stump will come loose. This condition can be handled by cleaning the area around the navel stump and gently pressing the rest of the umbilical cord to hold the blood out.

What needs to be done so that the navel is not bleeding

Care for the baby's navel does not bleed is to keep the remaining umbilical cord dry and clean. Care for the umbilical cord can be done in the following ways:

• Let the navel stump slip off by itself and not be pulled.
• Keep the area around the belly button clean. If it's dirty, clean it with clean water and avoid using alcohol. Although alcohol acts as a disinfectant, some doctors believe that this substance can actually cause irritation and delay wound healing.
• After cleaning, dry the area around the belly button by fanning or gently patting it with a clean dry cloth.
• When wearing a diaper, make sure the front of the diaper does not touch or press the rest of the umbilical cord.
• Wear baby clothes that are loose and can absorb sweat.
• Change baby's diaper regularly to prevent baby's urine or feces from touching the navel's stump.
• If the umbilical cord is bleeding slightly, press the umbilical cord using sterile gauze or clean cloth gently for 10 minutes. This mild bleeding will usually stop on its own.
• Do not give herbal medicine or herbal remedies because this can irritate the umbilical cord. In addition, these objects also tend to be dirty so that it can cause infection in the umbilical cord.

To prevent the belly button from bleeding, Mother should not bathe the baby in the bathtub. Bathing the baby in the tub can actually make the umbilical cord wet and never dry. To maintain the cleanliness of the Little One, just wash his body using foam (soft sponge).

Infections in Bloody Navel

Navel bleeding babies can also be caused by infections that risk threatening the baby's safety. Mother needs to immediately take your child to the doctor if the navel bleeds accompanied by the following symptoms:

• Navel skin becomes red and swollen.
• The navel area feels warmer than the surrounding abdominal skin.
• The baby looks in pain every time his stomach is touched.
• Snoring out of pus like liquid from the navel that sometimes smells bad.
• Fever.

Although Little does not feel the symptoms above, Mother still needs to immediately take him to the pediatrician if the umbilical cord does not go off after 3 weeks. This can be a sign of an infection or immune system disorder, so that there is interference with the umbilical cord.