Premature baby girls may have a very prominent clitoris and inner labia. A baby born closer to full-term has larger outer labia. Girls may have a small amount of whitish discharge or blood-tinged mucus from the vagina in the first few weeks. This is a normal occurrence related to the mother s hormones. Premature boys may have a smooth, flat scrotum with undescended testicles.
Boys born later in pregnancy have ridges in the scrotum with descended testicles.
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