Hey ladies, I’m trying to kick start labour and trying to hand express colostrum but it doesn’t seem to be working🤷🏼♀️ has anyone got any tips they can share or anything that helped them?
Also any tips on getting labour moving would be super helpful, im 38+5 and not dilated at all so really want to get things moving along!
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I never got on particularly well with harvesting colostrum, but the best I did manage was after a warm bath in the evening, nice and relaxed, bit of breast massage first.
Having said that, it's nipple stimulation that releases oxytocin so in terms of getting labour going it doesn't really make a difference if you get any colostrum or not, just an added bonus!.