I read about some cultures not feeding a newborn colostrum as it's 'dirty', so they wait for the milk to come in.
What do they do with the colostrum? Is it all reabsorbed? When does breastfeeding begin? Does it matter that the supply hasn't been got going from the very beginning?
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cultures where they don't feed colostrum
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vermilion · 13/05/2008 18:40
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smallwhitecat ·
14/05/2008 03:44
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