A.R.
Well for starters, my DD has Hirshsprung's. She is almost 4 months old. Most Hirschsprung babies are born with problems, and generally don't have there first bowel movement in the first 24r hours of life. My daughter pooped normal for 5 days before she got blocked up, but then it got so bad her colon almost burst and now she has a colostomy bag and spent over a month in Minneapolis Children's Hospital, and had 3 major surgeries. Unless your daughter has a very very minor case of Hirschsprung's I wouldn't think that that is the problem. There are tests for Hirschsprung's that can tell you 100% if it is indeed that. It's called a rectal biopsy and pieces of colon are taken out of your child via the rectum and they are looked at under a microscope for ganglion cells. If ganglion cells are present, then your child does NOT have Hirschsprung's. If your GI is concerned that your DD has Hirschsprung's he will do the rectal biopsy. Too me it does not sound like Hirschsprung's, more like constipation, just regular constipation. My DD's belly was so distended and she was losing weight right after birth. I would just get some prune juice and go from there.