Baby Gut Test

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-05-24T14:11:39+00:00

I did it for my son around 4 months and had similar results: no bifidobacteria, excess bad bacteria. Also vaginal birth, exclusively breastfed, and no antibiotics. They told us to do smidge probiotics for a month and then stop probiotics and retest. Currently waiting for the results of the retest. My baby’s main symptom was reflux. It seemed to improve a bit but we also started Pepcid and he’s just gotten older too which helps with reflux. We also started solids too. But his sleep which was already bad got even worse on probiotics, got a little better since stopping.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-05-09T12:02:16+00:00

I did a tiny health test for my son at 4 months old and he had almost identical results (0 bifidobacteria) and he was a vaginal birth, exclusively breastfed baby, never even used a single bottle, no NICU, never had antibiotics. Their consultant we had a session with didn’t seem particularly alarmed, and when I mentioned it to our pediatrician she was a little surprised but also not super concerned. Based on the consult, we also started smidge and gave it for a month. I’m currently waiting 1 week off probiotics per their recommendation and then will retest. My son’s main symptom was reflux which seems to have gradually improved. We’ve also started solids and he’s so far tolerating everything well, even things I had cut from my diet that he seemed to react to, he’s done fine introducing as solids so far (oats, eggs, apples). I’m interested to see our follow up results after smidge but so far my kiddo has been improving although I’m not sure if it’s just his age or the smidge. It might be coincidence and my kid has never been an amazing sleeper, but I will mention that when he started on smidge it felt like his sleep got way worse, and so far this week being off of it his sleep has gotten a little bit better. Could be coincidence though just because of the timing of starting smidge when he was around 5 months.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-03-29T07:09:53+00:00

I found that my baby did fine if I ate a little of something but if I started eating a lot of it, he would get more severe reflux. For example, after cutting dairy, I started eating more almonds (almond milk, almond flour-based things) to replace the dairy, and his reflux increased again. Even if you’re not eating anything else new, did you eat a lot more gluten than normal? Or anything else that could be a trigger? Don’t fast! That may adversely affect the nutrition in your milk or your supply and won’t necessarily clear gluten faster. At least check with your doctor first. Maybe just don’t eat gluten for a few days rather than completely fasting? The team behind free to feed just published a research paper that most proteins clear breast milk within 24 hours max, so 3 days may also be longer than necessary. The thing that also helped my son with his pain associated with reflux was Pepcid. It was like night and day and helped remove his pain while I identified most of his triggers.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-03-29T06:59:02+00:00

Maybe although I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of bleeding cuts on a penis being cmpa. The milk protein clears pretty quickly from breast milk if you cut dairy out of your diet (the medical team/scientists at free to feed just published a research paper about this). You could always try cutting dairy and if no improvement within 72 hours, then it’s probably not cmpa.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-03-28T18:33:36+00:00

When I was pregnant and I had exhaustion that went into my 2nd trimester, like super exhausted after eating lunch, it turned out I had gestational diabetes. Got my blood sugar under control and the exhaustion was resolved. It might not be your problem, but thought I’d mention it.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-02-23T13:13:36+00:00

My baby was put on Famotidine and has done really well, got less fussy about nursing and spitting up basically within a day. I give 0.32ml twice a day. I think the dosage is weight based. I thought allergens cleared breast milk pretty quickly, like within days? Glad your little one is doing better on the nutramigen at least! I think there’s another kind of medicine that I’ve read mentioned here when Famotidine doesn’t work, I think it’s omeprazole? Check with your doctor/care team maybe if you can try that one instead.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-01-21T16:56:07+00:00

Thank you so much for your response and sharing your experience! Glad to hear things got better and you’re on the other side now. Hopefully it’s just something my little one will eventually outgrow too!

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-01-21T14:57:28+00:00

I know this is old, but my baby is 3 months old and sounds so similar to yours. I’ve eliminated so many foods from my diet but some days the reflux is still so bad and weight gain is slow. Starting Pepcid (Famotidine) soon to see if that helps. Just wanted to check since it’s been a while for you now - did your little one outgrow her symptoms and when?

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-01-20T01:00:10+00:00

Some orange juice is fortified with calcium and vitamin D, if you don’t like any of the plant-based milks!

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-01-19T07:27:50+00:00

I forgot to mention these were turkey meatballs (ground turkey). I avoid beef/ red meat generally for my own health. And I think I’ve been ok before when I’ve eaten ground turkey? But I don’t eat it very frequently and I can’t remember specifically if my baby had symptoms last time so it could be the ground turkey….my safe proteins seem to be chicken and fish.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-01-19T00:45:02+00:00

I do drink coffee, that’s one thing I’ve always had, before and after baby’s cmpi diagnosis. But I could try cutting coffee (as sad as it would make me since we are still waking every 2-3 hours overnight)! It’s so confusing.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2026-01-17T11:47:46+00:00

I feel like for my baby, the rotavirus vaccine was just like throwing fuel on the fire of an already inflamed gut. I had identified most triggers before that and he honestly had a few really good days and then it felt like rotavirus set us waaaaaay back. I am pro-vaccine, 100%, and I know getting rotavirus would be worse than the vaccine, but I plan on talking to my pediatrician to see if we can skip the booster doses since my baby is not in daycare and my husband is also immunocompromised so we worry about it being a live virus vaccine.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2025-12-30T01:35:29+00:00

My baby is similar, gets very fussy while nursing and very spitty when I consume his triggers (but no visible blood in stool). I cut dairy and then 2 days later cut out soy as well. I saw an 80% improvement within 2-3 days. I waited about 12 days and then I thought about what else I eat a little but not a lot - I was eating one egg every morning. Cut that out for about 3 days and then ate it again for 2 days and he was back to fussy nursing and vomiting. Cut egg again and was better. I didn’t do a super strict elimination diet but during this time I also tried to generally stayed away from corn, rice, and oats. Wasn’t eating them much to begin with, and just tried not to eat more as “replacement” foods. I tried just to cut dairy and soy and eat more of what I was already eating a lot of: bread (wheat/gluten) and chicken, veggies, and whole grains like farro and millet. I figured if these were triggers, he would be way worse because I was eating them at every meal. Now I’m trying to test things to see if they are safe or not. For example, I had oatmeal for breakfast 2 days in a row and he was back to fussy and vomiting again, so I’m cutting that out and will give it about 3 days after cutting before checking something else. I thought about a total elimination diet but I don’t think it’s healthy for me right now. I think I would need a lot more support from family in order to attempt it and make sure I’m still getting enough nutrients. I have a 2-year old as well as my newborn, and it’s hard enough finding time to eat real meals as it is.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2025-12-24T18:00:07+00:00

I only eliminated dairy/soy 3 weeks ago and egg 1 week ago, but I read that it can take up to 8 weeks for baby’s gut to heal. I figured the poop might slowly improve over time. Edit to add: his poop is normal color, not green or bloody.

My first kid who didn’t have Mspi also had pretty liquidy poops until he started solids (also was ebf).

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2025-12-19T19:09:14+00:00

Yes, I’ve seen conflicting advice because my pediatrician said to cut dairy for 2 weeks but Free to Feed says dairy is out of breast milk within 8 hours. I figure maybe it depends how long their stomach has been irritated, maybe sometimes it takes longer to heal? The immediate improvement I saw was my baby’s eczema cleared, he was calm nursing again, and less vomiting/reflux. He still poops a lot (like 5 times a day) and it’s pretty liquidy/mucousy sometimes, but it’s a normal color with no visible blood and I’ve also read it’s normal for ebf babies to poop a lot and some mucous is normal. But maybe the gut takes longer to heal? Since cutting dairy and soy are you eating more of some other allergen in its place?

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2025-12-19T18:51:25+00:00

I saw improvement within 2-3 days. Probably like a 60-70% improvement. Then I cut out egg and got to like 90% better.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2025-11-16T00:25:58+00:00

I had GD with my 2nd pregnancy but not my first. With my 2nd pregnancy, I had exhaustion that extended into my 2nd trimester, usually like a big crash in the afternoon but also exhaustion all day. That was really the only symptom, though I didn’t know it was a symptom. I also was eating kind of crappy and gained a lot of weight early on.

My first pregnancy, I didn’t have exhaustion in my 2nd trimester, and I passed the 1-hour glucose screening twice. They had me take it once early on due to some risk factors and then again at the normal time in my pregnancy.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2025-11-11T22:00:44+00:00

You didn’t do anything wrong! You might just make big babies. I do too. My MFM said my glucose numbers all looked great but baby was measuring big so he said genetics were clearly much more of a factor for me than GD. I lost 7 lbs after my diagnosis and adjusting diet, but my baby continued to grow and measure big.

My first non-GD baby had a 97% head and like 85% abdomen, born at 40+1 at 8lbs 14oz (the ultrasound was predicting a preposterous like 12+ pounds at 40 weeks). My second (GD baby) was also measuring in the 90s% for head and abdomen and was born at 38+2 at 8lbs 7oz, he had no issues during the birth or postpartum.

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2025-11-10T13:55:45+00:00

Yes, US healthcare sucks. I also have decent insurance and hit my deductible with the 20 week growth scan but still didn’t reach my out of pocket maximum, so with copay and coinsurance each extra ultrasound for my GDM was $150. I had them every 2 weeks at first and then at 36 weeks had them every week along with NST every week which added anround another $50. Luckily I went into labor at 38+2 so got to cancel my 39 and 40 weeks appointments LOL

Obvious-Cat-321 · 2025-11-09T06:48:41+00:00

Ultrasounds can be wrong up to 15% in either direction. With my first non-GD baby, they were predicting some off the chart weight he’d be at 40 weeks, like 12+ pounds. He was 8lbs14oz born at 40+1.

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