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 ...

Bringing your newborn home is a happy and exciting experience, but the first few days can be full of surprises. Meconium is one of these, which is a sticky, black stool that your newborn passes. It ...

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 ...

April 29 (UPI) --The composition of a baby's first poop helps predict whether they will develop food allergies during childhood, a study published Thursday by Cell Reports Medicine found. After birth, ...

It may seem like an unusual place to go looking for answers, but the contents of a baby's first diaper can reveal a lot about a newborn's future health. In a new study published today in Cell Reports ...

Meconium--the earliest stool of an infant -- is composed of materials ingested during the time the infant spends in the uterus. A new study found that the types of normal bacteria found in the ...

Researchers have shown that the composition of a baby's first feces -- a thick, dark green substance known as meconium -- is associated with whether or not a child will develop allergies within their ...