Can A Newborn Be Allergic To A Mothers Milk?
Hormonal effects in newborns occur because, while they are in the womb, babies are exposed to many chemicals (hormones) present in the mother's bloodstream. After birth, the infants are no longer exposed to these hormones. This exposure may cause temporary conditions in a newborn.
Alternative Names
Newborn breast swelling; Physiologic leukorrhea
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Hormones from the mother (maternal hormones) are some of the chemicals that pass through the placenta into the baby's blood during...
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