Originally Posted by
Angela273
We had a bit of a scare with baby girl on Friday morning. She was suddenly bleeding from her belly button, but no smell of infection. They were 5wks old, so her belly button had been healed for a while. Got in to see the doctor that morning and found out that he thinks that the tube from her bladder to her umbilical cord didn't seal off properly after she was born. The bottom half of the tube closed off, but the top half towards her belly button did not. He told us how to care for her to avoid infection and it should fix itself over the next few weeks. If it does not, then she will be referred to a urologist and the doctor would chemically burn the tube to seal it off. I have the technical name written down. She seems to be fine now and it has not bled since Friday.