Colostrum (slightly TMI)
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Topic: Colostrum (slightly TMI)
Posted By: BaAsKa
Subject: Colostrum (slightly TMI)
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 5:16pm
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What is the earliest that someone would start producing colostrum??? I started about a month ago and it seems like it looks like milk now!!??? which has made me really worried because i think this is when i started with Bay and i had huge breastfeeding probs with him which i REALLY!!! do not want to struggle with for Astin so was wondering if this is maybe the prob??? is it too early? would it be milk already? will i still have colostrum when hes born or will it dry up from sitting unused for a few months??
By the way - im a bit too embarrassed to ask my midwife this  
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 7:20pm
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It is normal to start this early "leaking". Also, as a veteran of BF problems, I would highly reccomend talking to a lactation consultant at your hospital before you have baby to discuss any fears, and put a plan into place should you have problems again. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 8:31pm
Definitely normal - I never stopped lactating between weaning Maya at 10 mths and getting pregnant with the gremlins over 2 years later. And weaned the gremlins at Xmas and am still lactating lucky me 
But I agree with Annie - you'll start off on a better foot if you get some good advice before bubs arrives. I wish I had done that with the gremlins. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 9:14pm
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I have to agree, I seeked help and BF is a breeze with this one. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 9:19pm
me as well, thats why I advise it!! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 10:08pm
My midwife said that i would need to see a lactation consultant before hes born due to my last probs but i thought this was a stupid question so i was too embarrassed to ask her
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 7:39am
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i have been leaking colostrum since i was prob about 25wks, more out of my left side (the same one i had issues with when feeding).
I have to also see a lactation consultant as I have a few issues with feeding and had great difficulty feedign Haleigh. I felt embarrassed to talk to my mw i had with haleigh about my flat nipples thinking i was a freak of nature, but ws thankful when she said it was common. i guess they are there to be asked all these questions. i even asked my mw now if iw as allowed honey as for some reason i was thinking i wastn lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 10:03am
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We were never to sure what the problem was with feeding Bay it kinda came down to a few things - Bay had mild skuleosis (SP???) so wouldnt lay on one side, he was an extremely sleepy baby and wouldnt stay awake to feed or wake up to feed, I didnt seem to have enough milk???, i left hospital too soon (stupid stubborn me!!) so never really got the hang of it, i had Mastitis and i dont have the big Nippys
We never found out exactly what the cause was so i tend to assume and try to rule things out so it doesnt happen again...this being one of them 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 10:53am
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yeah i have flat nipples, and along with haleigh having a super strong suck i was in agony everytime then i got mastitis and expressed then the anitbiotics slowed my supply down adn we werent getitng as much out could have also been the fact that haeligh was so hungry all teh time and was sucking me dry lol, i was expressing all day long and had enough, spent all day and night attatched to a breast pump. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 1:36pm
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Monique did you manage to get it sussed and successfully feed Haleigh?
I didnt  i was adiced after 4 months of full on struggling to give up by everyone including the lactation consultant!!! So im so determined to get it right this time
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 4:36pm
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nope i fed for 6dyas then expressed for 6wks and went to formula.
I was to scared to latch her on again as my nipple was bleeding the day i got mastitis, so it will be interesting to see how i go this time round, i will be alot more persistant this time though thats for sure ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 4:38pm
We can struggle through together a few weeks apart of course
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 9:42pm
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Baysmum it sure is common, anywhere from about 24 weeks I think. Lucky you!...not!
I don't think early leaking is any connection with trouble bf-ing, not that I've heard anyway. I'd advise you to stay in the hospital until you feel you have the feeding sussed. That way you have help on-call, day or night, whenever you want to ask a question etc. I didn't stay after #2 and it was really hard to get the first night's sleep and a bit of time-out to recuperate. ------------- |
Posted By: kezplanet
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 12:34am
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I'm no help on the leaking issue, but I also have flat nipples and had absolutly no luck when it came to feeding Ashlyn, infections, in hospital on iv antiboitics, thrush for both of us, starving baby so I expressed for 12 or 13 weeks and topped up with formula. With Anastasia I had a different mw and we talked about breastfeeding well in advance and she was fantastic with her support, the nurses were great all assumed that being a 2nd baby I knew what I was doing with breast feeding so had to go thru the whole story with each different nurse but after they knew they were all fantastic I think the biggest thing was I felt confidant enough to ask questions no matter how silly they sounded and not feel ashamed to ask for help!!! All the best for breast feeding this time!! ------------- Kerryn, Mum to Ashlyn(29/3/04), Anastasia(1/11/05) & Abigail (24/02/09) |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 7:25am
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i was actually doing quite well with bfeeding until i got home and haleigh wouldnt latch one day (about day 5) then we both got owrked up cause she was getitng hungry and the milk wasnt coming through quick enough for her, then when i saw my nipple shield fill up with blood I was too scared to feed her after that. but i moved her to the other side and called my midwife.
my midwife i have now knows about my concerns so she is organising a lactation consultant on my request. it ia good to know there are others out there who struggled as much as me cause i was getting looks like i shouldve been able to do it without trouble mil was the worse at me when i made the decision to switch to formula. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 8:16am
| I know this is a little off the initial topic so feel free to move this but I am pregnant with my first and really want to breastfeed. But my nipples have been sooooooo sore right through my pregnancy. I mean if a cool breeze comes across them and they get erect, they are painful. Is this normal? I can just imagine that when bubs tries to latch on for the first time it will be hell. Again this could be normal. Would love some advice from those who have been there done that. My mum tells me I should be massaging them but it hurts too much. |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 9:50am
nzpiper - I had sensitive nippys with my first son and iv heard it mentioned many times before so i think its normal?? we are just the lucky ones! 
I dont have sensitive ones this time though just leaky ones! LOL 
Im definately going to stay in for longer this time and have even warned my MW that im a very stubborn cow! so not to listen to me when i say i know what im doing! lol and to only let me go home when she thinks iv got it sussed!! that should sort me out! lol Plus she is going to book me into a lactation consultant just before Astins born to check my boob ( oh how fun!) and make sure we are all ready and working for the big day!
Thankyou to all the ladies who have posted here I feel so much better now and even better that there are other mummies who have gone through the same thing and have the same worried
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 10:05am
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NZpiper, I have super sensitive nipples even when I'm not preg (sorry, TMI ) but I didn't find it worried me when I was breastfeeding. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 10:11am
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i had very sensitive/ sore nipples first time round and again this time round so i think its normal, i leaked both pregnancies to more so with haleigh than this time round with haleigh i hd little patches on my top in the morning.
mine feel like im actually feeding baby (well in first trimester and every now and then now) some people dont like bfeeding for the first initial days/ weeks but it does feel better once you get the latching right, i didnt mind it somedays and other days i was in agony and i onyl did it for 6days. it will feel funny to begin with though, i mean having something attatched to your boob is a very weird feeling when you've never experienced it before. ask your mw for some information on breastfeeding or talk to La Leche/ or a lactation consultant they will be able to give you heaps of info on how to do it and what to expect. most hospitls have excellant nurses who cna help you out. im keen to give it a real go this time round and will try as hard as i can to keep going, but i dont think i will stress as much if i cnat do it like i did the first time. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 10:59am
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I stressed out so much when i couldnt do it with Bay I struggled for 4 months!!!!! trying to get him on while he screamed and went stiff!! and then when i eventually gave up i even contemplated having another bubs straight away so i could prove that i wasnt hopeless!! but as you can see i didnt do that but am very determined to get it this time
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Posted By: megrac
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 2:31pm
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i have brest fead my two girls my oldest is six and i have had been producing milk since i was pregant with her my milk never dried up now pregant for the third time and still have milk.
i have very sensitive nipples when pregant and brest feedind for the first time with both girls was painful had to take deep breaths while bubs was latching on and didnt look forward to feeding them but at about 4 weeks later it all seatled down and didnt hurt any more  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 8:21am
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my midwife told me my problem was that i clenched up when bubs was drawing out my nipples as it was very uncomfortable butonce they were out i was fine, so im thinking this time im going to try draw them out myself before i latch bubs on to see how that feels, also to give him something to latch onto eassily.
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