Colostrum

I breastfed my first for 2 years 2 months with zero issues, when I was pregnant with her I collected 30-40 full syringes of colostrum in the final weeks of pregnancy and froze them.

Currently 39+1 with my second, I’ve tried hand expressing and I’m getting hardly 0.1ml out of both boobs after 20 minutes of effort. It’s definitely frustrating but I don’t doubt that I’ll be able to breastfeed again

I've never successfully got colostrum, and successfully fed two babies exclusively. Milk came 2-3 days post birth as expected and neither lost weight in 48 hours post birth so were receiving plenty of colostrum from the breast.

I looked into this before I started to harvest, there is no correlation between people who produce colostrum in pregnancy and success rates in breastfeeding.

This doesn’t make you any less of a mum or woman, every body is different, and it sounds like the anticipation of disappointment might be making you stressed/ anxious when expressing. All of the research shows that colostrum comes easier when you are as relaxed as possible. It’s likely that the pressure/ stress itself is the thing stopping you from seeing results. You are enough, you are wonderful, don’t let a stupid syringe make you feel any different ❤️

I’ve been going through the same I’m 37 weeks and 4 days and have been trying for the last few days and barely get 0.1ml which is a few drops. I feel like giving up but then feel deflated when I see people getting so much at this stage. It’s making me stress too about will milk come out post birth😭

I breastfed my first for over a year and never managed to harvest any colostrum pre birth !! As soon as she was born the midwife helped me and I had loads, ....please don't stress! 💕

Hey! I got ZERO colostrum when pregnant but baby latched first day and I BF for two years xx

I was struggling but I got the heating/cool breast pads and allowed my breast to warm up then attempted it and managed to get 7ml on a second attempt tonight - not sure if the heating element has helped.