Colostrum harvesting

I will say. Its a pain in the backside , I ended up having to get my partner to hold it for me, I still only got a few drops.

Id say take a warm shower before hand and drink a lot of water, make sure youre fully relaxed. Dont rush yourself either

I tried abit with my first daughter, but was impatient and unsuccessful. Just want to say even if you get none it doesn’t mean that you won’t be able to successfully breastfeed your child! I am still feeding my daughter and so this time have managed to get a lot, but my supply was already there so can’t compare! X

I started last week and it's been a journey 😅 nothing at all came in the first few days, then I started to have one tiny drop, then a couple of drops the following day. I wasn't even keeping anything at the beginning, because the amount was so small. Today I managed 0.1mls which is the most I've got and I'm happy with the progress 🙌 I try to stay relaxed and if I can't get anything it doesn't matter, it does not predict breastfeeding success, however learning how to express is a good skill to know before baby comes. So I just try to stay positive and think that any drops is a bonus, but I won't stress too much over it 😅

Regarding the syringe, I express with one hand and hold the syringe in the other hand. The drops I get are really tiny and thick, so they slide into the syringe quite easily. Your partner can help too, but personally I haven't felt the need for him to help yet, I feel more relaxed on my own cause I can take my time without worrying 😅

It took me 16 attempts to get one drop. Did it about 4-5 times a day from 36 weeks. Ended up with 90 ml. But spend a lot of hours on it. My son used it all in the first few days after birth because i had gestational diabetes and it helped with his blood sugars.

I've done two sessions now and have 3x 1ml syringes. I've done it at the end of my bath, so had a nice long relaxing bath reading and practicing my hypnobirthing breathing, and then I do a massage on my boobs, like a flat palm or a fist starting near the collarbone and slowly but firmly sliding down in different directions for a few minutes on each to stimulation production. Then I stay in the bath sat up (I'm lazy and don't want to get cold doing it out the bath 😆) and managed 1ml the first time in about 40 minutes, last night I got 2ml in 30 minutes. Every tiny drop that appeared I got and it soon adds up.