Meconium is a thick liquid in a baby’s intestines before birth. Most babies poop it out after birth. Stressed babies may pass it before birth and can inhale it at delivery, causing breathing problems ...

“Meconium” is the medical term for the substance (stool) that is passed during a baby’s first bowel movement. You’ll typically see it within the first 2 days after birth, but it may happen sooner or ...

We hypothesized that fetal pancreatic digestive enzymes play a role in the lung damage after meconium aspiration. We studied the effect of meconium on the A549 alveolar epithelial cell line. The ...

Aspiration of meconium in the airways of the newborn infant leads to plugging and subsequently to inflammatory changes, surfactant inhibition, respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension. There ...

When your baby is in the womb, they begin to practice drinking by taking in the surrounding amniotic fluid. The fluid builds up in their intestines, then their body gets rid of the waste, filtering ...

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 ...