Can we talk umbilical cords?

[quirks]

DD's fell off right before the 2 week mark. I did notice a few spots in one of her onesies that I think was blood. The pedi also cleaned out a little dried blood from her belly button after it did fall off and said it was okay.

[hannahbear]

E's fell off at around 2 weeks - but it was really wet and gooey underneath. Pediatrician said it was a granuloma and applied a chemical to dry it out. It scabbed up and healed nicely.

It wasn't bloody before, but definitely kind of oozing. Are you sure it's blood, or some other fluid draining?

In any case, our ped said that warning symptoms would be normal signs of infection (hot to the touch, red and radiating out, if baby has a fever or otherwise seems sick).

[redhead610]

Ds's has a couple tiny little spots of blood and goo. It came off attached to his shirt at 2.5 weeks, and was not healed at all underneath. It was yellow and geeen and swollen. We were told to apply bacitracin and keep it clean, and it looks a lot better now (1 week). The first or 2 after it came off we still had some oozing but not a lot. We were also told to watch for a fever or change in behavior/eating in case the infection was worse.

[frodabaggins]

DD's just fell off today at 11 days old. I noticed little spots of blood around the edges for the past three days, but when it actually came off it was fine underneath.

[coffeequeen14]

S1 fell off around two weeks and never oozed or anything. It just kinda dried out and fell off.

S2 came off on day seven because it got caught on something:( it was mostly dried but bled a little when it came off.

DDs stunk to high heaven starting day 6. It was oozing dark blood and did I mention it smelled?!?!? There was blood kinda stuck on part of it that didn't dry and just oh god the smell. It fell off on day 8 and continues to ooze for two more days. It finally is dry and doesn't smell.

[gratefulgirl]

DD1's took until 3 weeks to fall off.

DD2's did also. It bled slightly. No problem.

I was shocked when DD3's did not take forever to fall off.

ETA: DD3's oozed yellow a bit before it fell, but that dried up and was fine.