Sometimes the meconium can become impacted within the rectum or small colon of foals -- thus, the term meconium impaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheHorse.com News] Reference

This blackish mixture, called meconium, will become her first bowel movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baby at 36 weeks] Reference

Also, babies do NOT have a bowel movement (meconium) in utero unless baby is in distress, known as meconium aspiration syndrome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mywebblogs.com Master Site Feed] Reference

However: I'm thinking of using "meconium" as a special material in my games.    From Wordnik.com.  [EN World D&D / RPG News] Reference

One of the things that we've learned is that baby's first few poops are a sticky greenish-black substance called "meconium".    From Wordnik.com.  [miyagi.sg | My Very Own Glob {Curiosa Felicitas}] Reference

To persons in coma, (dropsy?) give to drink meconium.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Regimen In Acute Diseases] Reference

I promise no blood and guts, meconium or episiotomies.    From Wordnik.com.  [here’s a story of a bloggy lady « Adventures in Juggling] Reference

She suctioned out the meconium from his nose and mouth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silent Cradle]

Intubation and suction in vigorous meconium-stained babies.    From Wordnik.com.  [7. REFERENCES] Reference

Colostrum helps expel the baby's first dark faeces (meconium).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

If the medicine doesn't break up the meconium, he may need surgery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pediatric surgery: Meconium Ileus] Reference

Most infants with meconium ileus have a disease called cystic fibrosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pediatric surgery: Meconium Ileus] Reference

In utero meconium passage in fetuses and newborns with myelomeningocele.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHOP publications spina bifida] Reference

I got a fever and there was meconium so 3 hours of pushing was all I got.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twins! So you can schedule a C-Section! « A Bird’s Nest] Reference

Fetuses usually don't pass meconium until after birth, but doing so in the womb isn't rare.    From Wordnik.com.  [I did not know that: fetuses urinate and (can) poop] Reference

Seems when the husband was out, they broke the water and a lot of meconium came out with the fluid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2002-07-01] Reference

If your baby needs surgery for meconium ileus, she'll have a bowel resectionand ileostomyplacement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pediatric surgery: Meconium Ileus] Reference

Matthews CD, Martin MR. Early detection of meconium-stained liquor during labor: A contribution to fetal care.    From Wordnik.com.  [7. REFERENCES] Reference

"Great, meconium was all we needed," she said, hoping that the baby had not already inhaled the deadly fluid into its lungs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silent Cradle]

As she watched her colleagues work, Rae crossed her arms over the front of her gown, which was covered with blood and meconium.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silent Cradle]

When the waters break, if you see they contain a dark green (almost black) liquid, this is probably the baby's first stools (meconium).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 26] Reference

Its birthmark is the stamp of a newspaper, its meconium is printer's ink, and in its veins flows ink, 'ran a typical Krausian aphorism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Torch of Karl Kraus] Reference

The meconium should be passed within 24-48 hours after birth.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheHorse.com News] Reference

The amniotic fluid that remained in the uterus was thick and dark with meconium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicago Reader] Reference

• Tracheal suctioning is not necessary for babies with meconium-stained fluid who are vigorous.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Scientists identify risks of hypertension in young adults] Reference