My 7 week old baby hasn't been pooping for past 6 days. Her last poop blow out was 6 days ago. Thereafter, only very very minimal poop seen in her diaper. Mostly poop was found only around anus area and that's it. Should I be worried? She's breastfed and I'm a low yield mother who only pump out 1.5-2oz per session. I Breastfeed her and gives her once expressed breastmilk per day for fear that she might not Hv enough to drink from my breast.

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My baby also didn’t poop for 4-5 days and I got a bit worried. Read that bf babies can go through such phases. In the end went PD to get laxative. I learnt also by trial and error that altering my diet will help in composition of bm to help bb to poop. I ate a lot of fruits such as papaya, and realised if I eat sweet potato (yellow or purple) he will poop as well. Try raising bb legs or press bb knees towards her and make the pooping sound can also help :).

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