Is this colostrum?

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colditz · 05/02/2006 23:07

I am 31 weeks pregnant, and my nipples leak a clear, straw coloured, but thickish fluid. Is this colostrum? And if so, I have heard you can freeze and keep it until after baby is born, so would now be a good time to start?

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expatinscotland · 05/02/2006 23:09

Yep! Mine started about then. It would just dribble out all day (sorry if TMI). Per the brilliant Mears' advise, I froze it in sterile syringes. After I got to 36 weeks, I hand expressed. Wound up w/60mL in total to feed to DD2!

Excellent b/c she chewed one of my nipples the day she was born.

Aloha · 05/02/2006 23:10

Yes it is, and if you want you could. It's quite useful if you want to avoid formula and your baby has low blood sugar, I believe. Never did it myself. Might have saved me some heartache with ds though.

starlover · 05/02/2006 23:10

i thought colostrum was yellow?

SleepyJess · 05/02/2006 23:10

Yes it's colostrum.. but not sure you would have much success in expressing enough to store.. the hormones for proper colostrum/milk production won't kick in until the delivery happens. And I don't think it's necessary.. there will be plenty for the baby after the birth even though you only ever see small quanities of it. It's human Magic Food.. only a little is needed and only for a short time!

SJ x

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colditz · 05/02/2006 23:15

Excellent, thankyou.

yes, I was thinking about a low blood sugar scenario.

I never did any of this with ds, because I bottlefed him, and I want to give breastfeeding a go with this one. Hence me knowing nothing even though I have already had a baby

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