I'm 24+5 and over the past week my breasts have started to feel full. If I squeeze them a small amount of milk comes out (only on one side at the moment). I've looked it up online and it seems to be perfectly normal to have milk come in during pregnancy, although I didn't have this the first time around.
My question is, is producing milk early any indication of good milk supply? My first was born at 28 weeks and I had to express from day 1 as she was fed by NG Tube for the first 8 weeks. We never managed to fully breastfeed and I think in part it was because my milk supply was so screwed from having to hand express/pump and establish a supply completely artificially. I'm really wanting to breastfeed this time and I'm just wondering if this early milk production is a good sign of healthy supply? In principle I would think that if it's already readily available by the time you come to birth that makes it easier for the baby to latch on straight away because there's already milk to draw the baby's attention? And as such the supply and demand system should kick in straight away? Does anyone have any experience of this?
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Milk coming in in pregnancy
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user1460834928 · 18/04/2016 15:23
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