Friday 18 September 2015
Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and what was the outcome? My daughter and I were getting up this morning and I was about to pick her up out of bed and she started making gagging/I'm about to vomit noises and then vomited up a fair (several tbsp fulls) amount of bright yellow bile-looking fluid (no milk at all, though she had a small feed about 3 hours before and a larger one about 6 hours before). She otherwise seems fine now, but she's been not herself the past day or two (very fussy, not eating as much as usual, not sleeping well). I put it down to a growth spurt as she did this once before (minus the vomiting) and that's what it appeared to be.
I did Google it and it said vomiting bile can be a sign of a bowel obstruction in babies, but the NHS said it's only a real concern if it's green bile fluid, not bright yellow. Some of the others say both green and yellow is concerning. She has been pooing much more firm poo (not pellets, just more bulky and clay like) and straining a lot more to go, but it didn't seem like anything too out of the ordinary.
Anyone else had this happen? What was it? Do you think it's something I should be concerned about? Can I wait it out and see if it happens again or do I need to get her into a GP now? I'm really NOT someone who likes to rush to the doctor for anything, so unless it's serious, I'd really rather not. I just don't want to go through a whole day of having her poked and prodded and her having to take medicine she doesn't need for no reason if it's nothing.
I did Google it and it said vomiting bile can be a sign of a bowel obstruction in babies, but the NHS said it's only a real concern if it's green bile fluid, not bright yellow. Some of the others say both green and yellow is concerning. She has been pooing much more firm poo (not pellets, just more bulky and clay like) and straining a lot more to go, but it didn't seem like anything too out of the ordinary.
Anyone else had this happen? What was it? Do you think it's something I should be concerned about? Can I wait it out and see if it happens again or do I need to get her into a GP now? I'm really NOT someone who likes to rush to the doctor for anything, so unless it's serious, I'd really rather not. I just don't want to go through a whole day of having her poked and prodded and her having to take medicine she doesn't need for no reason if it's nothing.