Patient's question:
November, the little girl has been waiting for a bowel movement to reach the rectum before defecating every day for a month, and she also cries and screams. What should I do?Doctor's answer:
Hello friend, the stomach of a newborn, when viewed from the front, is in a horizontal position and unstable. At the same time, the cardiac sphincter (the entrance to the stomach) is still quite loose. That is to say, when adults eat, after food enters the stomach, the cardiac sphincter contracts to prevent food from flowing back into the esophagus. However, since the cardiac sphincter of a baby's stomach cannot contract well yet, it leads to milk and other liquids entering the stomach being more easily regurgitated back into the esophagus. Additionally, compared to adults, a newborn's larynx is positioned higher, and they are quite clumsy in how they suck the nipple, which makes it easy for air to be inhaled into the stomach along with the milk. Therefore, when the child burps or moves around, the milk they have consumed is more likely to be spit out. It is best to keep the baby upright for 20 to 30 minutes after feeding.