Colostrum harvesting
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How many weeks you? I am 35 and 4 days and unsure when to start!! You freezing them? How you collecting it? I have so many h questions hahah xxx
@Amber I’m 36+1, I started a few days before 36 weeks because my boobs were really sore. I had a hot bath and after started giving my one boob a message and noticed colostrum coming out. In antenatal they suggested starting at 36 weeks but some people start producing earlier than others x
@Amber also I have been hand expressing into a sterile bottle then using the syringes. I have been giving my boobs a massage first for a couple minutes then using my one hand to hold my boob while using the other to extract. The nhs offer a good step by step on hand expressing xx
When I did it with my daughter it took a few days for things to settle in. I only started yesterday and got more than I did when I started last time, but time will tell!
Haven't started as bit early for me bit following! 🙂
Spoke to my midwife today and she said it’s normal to have days where supply is heavier x
The first day I did it I got 3mls and I’ve not gotten 0.2mls since I think it all depends on your fluid intake xx