Should I take milk in my hospital bag?

I've just had my 3rd baby and haven't been able to express any colostrum with either of them I've just breastfed from when they're born and I've never had any issues.

They will only get colostrum for the first few days until your milk comes in. This is all they need.

I have always packed some pre sterilised bottles of milk though just in case as the hospital generally doesn't supply milk x

Some hospitals do provide some but if there is a certain one you want then take some. I wouldn’t worry about not having any coming through.
Have you tried doing it in the bath? Xx

You won’t get ‘milk’ until a few days after baby is born. At the moment you could have colostrum which is what some people express before hand to take with them but a large amount of people can’t get any before baby is born anyway. I wouldn’t worry at all, very normal. Stimulation for milk to be produced is triggered by baby being born. Most hospitals provide formula milk if needed but just check with yours if that’s something you want to do x

I didn’t collect colostrum for either baby and I breastfed my first until 25 months and have an oversupply with my 3 month old. Colostrum means nothing for milk supply.

Giving formula instead of latching baby will delay your milk and interfere with the natural process. When baby is born lots of skin to skin and latch latch latch x

I didn't even attempt to express colostrum with my first, but breastfed him fine from the start. I did manage to express colostrum with my second and similarly breastfed him immediately. Your milk will take a few days to come in after baby is born, but colostrum is enough until then.
I did take some of the pre sterilised little bottles of milk to hospital, just in case I needed it though

Babies extract colostrum WAY more efficiently than hand expressing will.
They’ll only need about a teaspoon a day when they’re first born! Then day 5 my milk ‘came in.’ But that just means it changes from colostrum to mature milk:) totally normal to not have a proper ‘flow’ of milk when baby is first born. Don’t let this put you off!

I couldn't express anything before I had my first but breastfed fine in the hospital.
They cluster feed the first few weeks/months so might seem like you're not producing enough as they'll want to be on the boob all the time but it's just them stimulating milk the milk production.
No one told me this before he was born so thought he wasn't getting enough.

My milk didn’t come in until around day 4 but I had a good collection of colostrum and the hospital told me to supplement with formula (around 20ml of formula every 3 hours after a latch) but keep constantly latching the baby to help milk come in. I also used a pump to help milk come in sooner.

I am taking ready made formula bottles just in case.
My milk didn't come in fully for a few days with my eldest. He also struggled to latch so we used nipple shields which allowed him to latch eventually. Might be another thing to consider as well as the ready made formula.
Sometimes the hospital will provide formula as well though.

I couldn’t get anything out before having a baby and then he latched straight away, I’ll be doing the same with my little girl (I hope in 2 weeks) midwife told me not to worry about taking milk if your wanting to breastfeed as if it doesn’t work they have supply of milk there until you can get some. xxx

I tried and failed to express colostrum and my milk has started to come in around day 4pp. My baby was born with low weight so we were very glad the hospital gave us some formula, and we also got some in the end to make do while my milk supply increases. I would recommend have a couple of bottles in the bag, yes.