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Infant feeding

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Expressing colostrum pre delivery.

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SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 05/02/2014 19:59

Ok. DD is due any time from 2 to 5 weeks. It's possible that she might have BF issues, and as I apparently have GD Sad there's also a chance that she might have unstable blood sugar for a day or so, so I've been advised to try and express and freeze some colostrum in advance.
My question is, and I breastfed/expressed for years but it's been a LONG time, obviously I'm only going to get a little at a time, I have milk storage bags, can I put what I get in a bag, freeze it, add the next bit on top and put it back? I'm thinking not, or shall I just freeze lots of tiny bits?
Also, how many times a day should I be trying to express?

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BonaDea · 06/02/2014 18:47

Incidentally, I have type 1 diabetes and my LO didn't have low blood glucose at birth or in the 24 hours afterwards due to very tight control on my part.

However the colostrum was still completely worth it because of tt and latch issues which meant he didn't feed properly at first.

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