Newborn baby constipated

My 3 week old seems to be very constipated. She haven't had any dirty nappies for past 4 days. I took her to gp and they said she seems fine but if doesn't have any dirty nappies by Friday I should take her to hospital. Anyone had similar experience?
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My baby will go 4-5 days without pooing just make sure the poo is normal when she does go.

@Paige Thanks! I am really hoping she will have one tomorrow. Does it need to be certain colour etc? She was mainly breastfed but had to add formula since she got bit of upset tummy from breastmilk and think she got an allergy for eggs and I was eating alot of eggs. I have cut out eggs and now she seems fine by not having any poo! It's very stressful

One time I was so worried she was constipated bc she didn’t go for a while but turns out they go through stool changes at certain times. You might have to google what age they are when this happens hopefully it matches up, but yeah it was really weird bc she was acting completely normal, eating as normal and no pain. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️obviously this could not be it but . Hope she poops soon !!!

I dunno if you bath her regularly but just try giving her a bath see if that helps

If you already use formula, try to give her some ready made ones instead of the powder. They usually help with poo. Or when my daughter was this age, we took her out for a walk in the pram and over some gravel, the shakes were really helpful as well

my baby will go days without pooing, i've spoke to doctors and health visitors about it. Doctors gave me lactulose to try and health vision basically fobbed us off saying that along as he's not crying in pain bad stuff he's fine i've never been told to go to the hospital but sometimes he will go 6 days? now im worried i should be taking him. His poo is also very hard like playdough and once he starts we have to help him get the rest out

@Abby id have 100% have gone to the gp by now if it’s hard.

My baby went 5 days without poo and pooped on the 6 days do give your baby time Meanwhile you can do little exercises with the legs and massage the tummy in an aniclockwise direction

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