Hi

Our little baby Joshua was born last friday and we are totally overjoyed! When he was born we noticed what can best be described as red marks on his eyelids. They look a little like birth marks and are not raised in any way but cover about half of the lids with more on one of the eyelids. From what I've read these are due to trauma when he was passing through the birth canal and they are harmless and should fade in a couple of days. However it has been over a week and they are still there and quite prominent.

The midwife had a look at him and said they are fine, however his eyes are very sticky and watery. Is this normal? On monday he has a swab just to make sure that he's ok but I'm still a little worried! Has anyone else had a baby with these red marks? Are they harmless? Do they eventually go? Could it be anything sinister?

Thanks for any advice!