Ubilical stump paranoia

[Becky]

Calum's stump smells a bit and looks a bit red underneath and I'm paranoid that it's getting infected despite the fact that the midwife checked it on Saturday and I'm cleaning it. My mum is a trained children's nurse and she looked yesterday and said it didn't look infected and the red looked more like irritation from where the clamp has been touching it - a bit like a sweat irritation. But I just can't feel reassured, I know I've been through this before but I don't remember anything about Lucy's stump. I even had a bad dream about it last night. I also feel squeamish about touching it/moving it about to clean it and I am not usually bothered about things like this.

Also, Calum 12 days old now, shouldn't the cord be off yet? I don't think I'll relax till it's off.

 

[keli]

Can't remember when Coops fell off but do remember it being smelly TBH i didn't even clean Coops just the daily top n tail and left it alone. If everyone says its ok then i'm sure it is. It will fall off in its own time xxx

 

[JoAnn&Aimee]

Aimee's fell off about 13 days. We never saw it come off, just found it in her body suit when changing her. I remember in the last 3 days before it came off it started to smell and looked a bit red. I couldn't change her nappies or give her baths as it freaked me out. I was terrified I'd accidently rip it off. if your midwife and your mum are happy that it is alright, then I don't see it being a problem.