Collecting colostrum woes!

I'm not sure how long to do it for, but I just wanted to say, don't be disheartened! I tried every day for 3 weeks with my first baby, and I got nothing! I was so worried I wouldn't be able to breastfeed but I was wrong, when the baby was born, I had colostrum and my milk came in fine and I breastfed for nearly 12 months with no issues! Same thing with my second baby, I tried a few times and got nothing, we are 6 weeks in now, breastfeeding absolutely fine 😊

I had nothing until the day of giving birth 🙃 tried hand expressing loads and just ended up with sore breasts and frustrated 🤣 doing worry about it too much, you'll have more than enough when baby is here!

Keep at it. Some get nothing and others get loads. I got little droplets after 3 weeks of trying and every drop was worth it. You can try hypnotherapy on YouTube to help you relax. Use your baby scan pic to help

Same here, didn’t work well for me for a while! For the first few times forget the collecting part and just focus on massaging whilst in the shower, work the massaging motion around the whole breast - you’ve got milk ducts all the way around. There’s some good videos on hand expression on the NHS and UN World Health Organisation websites

When I was on maternity leave I would do it 3x a day. I started with massage, hand expressing and then hand held pump By day 2 I got small amount and it never increased and couldn't collect any as it was too thick. I was really stressed but since having baby breastfeeding supply has been fine so don't worry much

I asked my midwife about colostrum harvesting when it’s time and she said not to worry if you don’t get anything at all - the stimulation of massaging the breasts is enough to help prepare for feeding when baby arrives. Hope that helps 🩷