Dark spots at birth, they usually fade away over time.
The incidence of birthmarks in the neonate
AH Jacobs and RG Walton
The presence of various types of birthmarks was determined in 1,058 newborn infants under 72 hours of age. Of these, 79.5% were white, 6.2% were black, 11.2% were ladinos, and 2.6% were Asiatic. Mongol spots were present in 9.6% of the white babies, 95.5% of the black babies, 81% of the Asiatic babies, and 70.1% of ladino infants. Pigmented lesions were present in 42 (4%) of the infants. Biopsies obtained in 34 (3.2%) revealed that only one-third (11) of these were melanocytic nevi. Salmon patches were present in 40.3% of the infants, recognizable early strawberry marks in 2.6%, and port-wine strains in 0.3%. In addition to birthmarks, it was determined that 30.3% of the 508 babies examined at one of the two hospitals had toxic erythema of the newborn.
Volume 58, Issue 2, pp. 218-222, 08/01/1976
Copyright © 1976 by The American Academy of Pediatrics
I'm O+ and Samoan.
My hubby A- and he's the United Nations all by himself.
(Scottish, Irish,Cherokee,and I'm tired of thinking about what else. It's easier being one thing like me. LOL!)
Both of our boys are A+ and both of them have a Mongolian blue birthmark. I suppose that was probably my fault.