Breastfeeding advice

Completely normal my love, some women don’t have anything until baby is here :)

Milk comes in 2-3 days post birth atm you would have colostrum but completely normal not to release colostrum until right before you give birth

I couldn't harvest any colostrum last time before baby was here no matter how much I tried, and I breastfed just fine when my little girl arrived 😊 I keep telling myself to try not to worry about these things.

Not everybody leaks colostrum – it’s not an indicator of whether you’ll be able to breastfeed or not / what your supply will be like :)

With my eldest I leaked from 34 weeks, not masses but a little bit most days. Had a good supply and breastfeeding was successful. This time round I’m 37w and I haven’t leaked at all even though I assumed I would leak earlier / more this time round!

In the first 3 days of life outside, your baby will cluster feed, its basically going to kick-start your milk production so look forward to that :) if you don't produce much before then, don't worry! They will get tiny amounts of colostrum from you during that time, which doesn't seem like much but is very nutritional.

Its not linked in any way dont worry x

I haven’t leaked through my whole pregnancy (I’m now 37 weeks!). I started hand expressing colostrum from 36 weeks and I was surprised that I was able to get as much as I have!! It doesn’t have any correlation to whether you can breastfeed 🫶🏻

Totally! And will have no bearing on your ability to breastfeed.

With my first I struggled to get much colostrum whilst pregnant then had an over supply of breastmilk!