Can anyone give me some advice or reassurance about how to express for premmies?
My boy is only 24 hours old, arriving at 33 weeks so no chance of trying to breastfeed just yet. He is starting to suck, but not coordinated enough yet.
So I'm trying to hand express from a standing start, as my body wasn't ready. I've tried every 3 hours today and just getting so little colostrum. Max was 2ml in one hour, but tonight I spent two hours to get little over 1ml.
Is that about right?! Will it pick up tomorrow?? The nurses seem OK with it, but I think they are just being encouraging.
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