Colostrum harvesting issues

I am seriously struggling too get my boobs to produce anything I've tried contacting my midwife to get advice as I'm just getting nothing I've tried downloading guides but nothing so want to make sure I'm doing it correctly but yet again I can't get hold of her for advice.

Does anyone know the best way to do this?

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A warm bath or shower before hand and massage around the nipple, watching YouTube videos will help, it does require patience. However, some women do struggle collecting it, your colostrum will be there when baby is born anyway so don’t panic if you can’t get anything they will still get it from your boob at birth

Sometimes women are unable... I am unable, I've checked my technique, and it's right, but I have had nothing from week 36 to now at 38+5

I got nothing with my first baby and nothing this time, don't let it stress you out it's a relatively new thing baby will be fed regardless of if you get any colostrum before baby's born x

I agree with all of the above in that not everybody can get it and that's no reflection on your ability to breastfeed once baby is here so try not to put pressure on yourself. But just a few tips that helped me.. Firstly perseverance. It took me a good few attempts to get anything worth putting in a syringe! Secondly I do a 5 min massage before starting, then a 20-30 second massage between each squeeze and alternate boobs with each squeeze. Sounds quite laborious but it definitely helped the amount I got compared to focusing on one boob at a time. X

Thank you ladies, I think I need to like you say take the pressure off as its just not happening I know this is a really stupid question but will the milk automatically start flowing if baby tries to feed after birth sorry midwife is not explaining anything to me and baby due in two weeks x

It may take a few days for your milk to come in but it will yes after baby is born x

I’ve not found it easy. I’ve only managed to half fill 2 syringes (so 1ml total) over 10 days.
I’m finding that I can only get a bead to form if I hold my breast with one hand whilst the other squeezes around the nipple. Then trying to grab a spoon to catch the drop loses the momentum.
I’ve been trying for a couple of hours at a time.

I know, but I tend to keep going until the beads fully stop. They’re very slow, but they do keep appearing during that time.
In 10 minutes I barely get a glisten.

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Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

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I think its fair

Me and my partner agreed to sleep in 1 day of the weekend.
He doesn't find it fair to look after both kids (my 4 year old isnt his) while i sleep so he looks after the baby while i sleep and my toddlers at his dads and ill look after both the next day.
Straightaway it was pretty unfair as i let him sleep in until he wakes up 10-12
He wakes me up when baby starts fussing because he wants milk (doesnt need it)
I cant pump as i dont supply enough.
So i get woken at 9/9:30 to feed baby then i get him sleep then theres no point sleeping in as my toddlers being dropped off.
I also find it unfair that i get both kids to sleep most night, i get my toddler to sleep everyday hes home (4/5days) and i get my baby to sleep most nights with the exception of maybe twice a month as his dad struggless then about 95% of his thru the day naps.
I have also been unwell for a few months (tumor scare) and am waiting 18 weeks to see a specialist so im obviously petrified for that, so unbelievably tired and alot of aches and pains, specifically these pounding headaches ive been having.
After i had been up til 11:30 getting both kids to sleep lastnight and my partner falling asleep at 10 then him ignoring the baby cries all morning until my toddler woke up im fed up slammed to door and rold him not to expect to sleep in unless he gets the baby to sleep the night b4.
I keep having issues with him not feeling the wet from baby being sick or weeing himself or being able to smell it do about 98% of the time hes given to me i have to clean him up n change him.
Including at night, we agreed my partner would change nappies (1 a night at 5am) while i feed (2,4,5,6:30) but every night when i get him hes pissed through and my partner gets annoyed when i wake him up n moan about it.
Then the morning after hes annoyed at how much washing there is (thats his job) and moans about how often i change myself (baby constantly shits thru and sicks on me) and baby
Honestly im just so tired all the time

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