Frozen Colostrum
My partner woke up with a cold on Monday, and I knew it was obviously going to do the rounds in our house! 🙄
I have a bit of a sore throat/headache - nothing major, but little miss (nearly 10 weeks) has woken up a little bit bunged up today. 🤧
I managed to collect and freeze about 50ml of colostrum before she arrived, and I’m wondering if I should give her some of that preemptively? If so, how much is enough? Wanna protect my supply as much as I can especially with winter on the way but if I can use it as a preventative measure I absolutely will! 🤷🏼♀️🫶🏼
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Yes! Do it! This is exactly what I do lol. My toddler got sick, I put it in both of their milks and so far my baby has been fine just a snotty nose x
Around 1 ml should be enough, I would give her that for 2-3 days. X
Girl whaaat?! 50mls? That's impressive 😅
I worked soooo hard for my 15 mls 🤣🤣 im talking hooours 🤣
Are you breastfeeding? If yes, then you are making antibodies and transferring them through the milk. If the cold is light and doesn't progress, i would keep the colostrum for a harder time. Mine went through a light cold just fine without colostrum 🤷 in the same time, you can't keep it in the freezer forever, so if you think you have enough, then go for it 💖
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