Colostrum harvesting

I don’t think anything is too much or not enough, peoples bodies react differently and I’ve heard sometimes it doesn’t come in until after baby or it comes in during early pregnancy! I managed to get 4 syringes yesterday evening but I started leaking at like 16 weeks pregnant x

My friend from NCT has 100 syringes. I don't think too much is a thing if you are producing it.

Is this from hand expressing?

Yeah this is all from hand expressing. Didn’t take me too long. Watched a video on the correct way to massage etc. ended up squirting out lol. I have been leaking milk since about 16/17 weeks so not sure if it is due to that x

@Tia was the video just on YouTube?

@Emma https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGd1vgodR/ Was this video I saw on TikTok

Thank you!!

As much as you want, but it's worth thinking about what you're going to use it for. For most people it's a "just in case", if the baby can't latch, you're in theatre, baby in NICU etc you might want to give some colostrum as their first feed instead of formula. But in the vast majority.of cases, feeding the baby directly from the boob is the best way for them to get the colostrum and start building your supply (if you're choosing to breastfeed that is). Their stomachs can only take 5-7ml per feed on day 1, so having a couple of feeds (10-30 mls for example) might be a good idea, but again it's just in case.

No such thing as too much. Both my first pregnancy and this pregnancy I’ve been able to get loads. I’ve got about 50ml in the freezer from 3 sittings