No colostrum

Hi everyone. So my due date is on 24th, but I didn’t manage to collect any colostrum for first few hours or days after birth before my milk comes. I am concerned as don’t know what to do, should I buy a formula to take in my hospital bag in case I don’t have nothing to feed the baby or hospital has it?

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I’m due on the 26th and barely managed to collect any… it’s coming slowly but really hard work for me. I wouldn’t worry, you have it in there and will work for sure once the baby arrives. It’s good to have beforehand but not essential 😊

I didn't collect any with my first and it has no relevance to your supply after birth. If you hope to breast feed there's no reason why you wouldn't be able to and you will definitely have colostrum for baby when they are here. Xx

My midwife told me collecting colostrum is not necessary. She said when you give birth they’ll help with breastfeeding but if that doesn’t work they keep infant milk so you don’t have to take anything with you

There's no need to collect beforehand in most cases. It has nothing to do with whether you can breastfeed or not.

I tried to collect before and got nothing! Now I’m 5 days pp , and have lots coming through! X

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