If you go to the WHO website, Dr. Andrews states that colostrum is preferred
because it does not cause release of insulin the way formula does.  I think
he gives references for that.

http://www.who.int/chd/publications/imci/bf/hypoglyc/hypoclyc.htm

Besides, if I were a diabetic mother, I would not want my baby getting
formula. I would want him to avoid the risk of diabetes that even one drop
of formula could trigger in the early days (at least in theory). But I
wouldn't care about the fact that it was only theory. I wouldn't want him
to. I would express my colostrum for two or three weeks before the baby was
due to be born and present it to the staff as I registered and say: "If my
baby needs anything but my breast, I want him to have this, and don't you
dare give him formula".  And if there were no colostrum, I would insist on
an IV to prevent hypoglycemia, until effective breastfeeding could be
established.

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC

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