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Expressing colostrum - help!

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coveredinsnot · 20/08/2015 21:42

Hi just hoping someone can offer me some words of wisdom. I'm supposed to be expressing colostrum in preparation for the birth of my baby. I'm currently 36 weeks, I have gestational diabetes which is why I am doing this.

I know it helps to relax, but I hate the feeling of it. No idea if I'm doing it right. The more I try the more agitated and annoyed I get which obviously is not going to help.

Anyone else having to do this, or done it in the past? Any advice? I've looked on YouTube for videos and found two which were helpful but still only managed to get the tiniest bit of colostrum, not even an actual drop!

Really really want to do this! Help!

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thewebbleyjess · 30/08/2015 09:15

Have been going with the little pots provided by hospital. And they'd said to express into same pot for a few days and then freeze. Which is great but I kept dropping the fecking thing! Heartbreaking to see hard won sticky little drops on the kitchen floor Sad
So I got more pots from them so there's a max 2 days in the pot to drop, not 4 days....!

I'm 6 days in now and I feel like what's coming out is SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGING: much more milk-like (tho still yellowy) than honey-ish. ANYONE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE?

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