Colostrum SOS!

I’m currently 37 weeks and I’ve tired all day and night to collect colostrum but no luck.

I honestly don’t know what I’m doing wrong… I’ve even tired to get some out by a breast pump too. It just comes out in drips and drabs.

I feel like I can’t collect it with the syringe it doesn’t gather it up as much. I can’t just dispense it in a cup either because it’s hardly anything.

Dunno why I’m finding it so difficult when I’ve seen so many other people with a collection of syringes!

Any advice would be appreciated ♥️

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I also found it incredibly difficult to collect via the syringe, i expressed into a bottle a few times a day and then before bed i would use the syringe to take it out and put it in the freezer.

it took me a while to be able to first manually express myself, you have it grab the boob at just the right angle otherwise it won’t come out, it takes a lot of trail and error and i actually found that i was doing it wrong, its best to cup the boob from below with your thumb one side and your index finger the other and then squeeze from the body slowly towards the nipple until you see it come out then keep squeezing there and then you can slowly start to rotate to empty all of it

i express the best when i use a very warm/ hot compress first, i hold it on my nipple for about a minute or two and then i express and it works so much better, or straight after a nice (not hot but very warm) bath

just remember you’re allowed to keep it in the fridge for up to 24 hours, so you can slowly express

Give up for today and try again tomorrow. It builds up once you start doing it. It can help to have a shower or bath first, I think it's the heat. You could try collecting it in a teaspoon. Even if it looks little about a third of a teaspoon will fill a 1ml syringe. I think it need oxytocin so it helps to be relaxed and calm. Apparently we should avoid pumping because it can being on labour. Good luck x

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