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Rapid breathing in new born

2019-09-30 11:43:52
My baby is 2 weeks old and from the first day of birth itself I noticed that he starts breathing rapidly in between with his stomach and chest bouncing up and down . He was born healthy . Is this type of breathing normal? Pls help .
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Yes... It's called Periodic breathing and it's common to newborn babies.
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To ensure that this is normal in your baby, you can count the baby's breathing rate for a whole minute. A normal newborns breathing rate should be less than 60 per minute.

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Yes it's normal

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