The first stool of the newborn is a greenish-black waste called ________.

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A)Colostrum is the first breast milk of the mother,not the first stool of the newborn.
B)Correct! Meconium contains mucus,bile,and skin cells swallowed and excreted by the fetus in the amniotic fluid.
C)Lochia is the mother's bloody discharge after delivery,not the first stool of the newborn.
D)Molding is shaping of the fetal head from the birth canal,not the first stool.

The First Stool of the Newborn Is a Greenish-Black Waste