Hi all
I'm currently 35+3 and I am planned for an induction on Thursday when I'm 36 weeks. I'm type 1 diabetic and have had some poor control with my blood sugars past few weeks. On Friday I was speaking with my consultant who brought up colostrum harvesting and she told me can help when baby is born with regulating blood sugars and also is proven to thin cervix in prep for my induction.
I breastfed my ds for 5 months so know how to hand express etc and have had leaking boobs for past 2 weeks so I started yesterday using sterile syringes and stoppers. I just have a couple of questions if anyone knows the answers to!
How much would it take to regulate baby's blood sugar following birth (if needed) ? I've managed to get 2.5ml yesterday from doing 3 times a day. Today I have only done twice and already got 2.5ml.
Sorry if next question sounds thick but I'm worried about bringing labour on as baby's head is engaged and getting braxton hicks. Can colostrum harvesting do this?
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thrifttwig · 31/01/2016 14:35
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