Hi

A friend of mine had a blood incompatibility with her baby.  One of her 
other children suffered severe dairy and peanut allergies and she knew that 
her milk tended to come in late, and that her baby would need feeding early 
because of the jaundice,and that her baby may be separated from her to be 
under lights.

she expressed her colostrum antenatally and stored it in 5ml syringes, and 
went to hospital with about 100mls of colostrum expressed in 5 ml lots. 
When baby seemed to need extra, his feeds were always colostrum.  She also 
expressed and breastfed (when he was allowed out from under the lights) and 
her baby never had to have any formula.

The paeds didn't exactly get enthusiastic about her plan, but no-one put 
obstacles in her way, and she was encouraged to breastfeed. (Everyone 
thought the baby would HAVE to have formula)

The jaundice wasn't as severe as the paeds had expected, but they didn't 
attribute that to the antenatal expressing.  Just good luck.....

Barb
IBCLC Australia
www.mothersdirect.com.au

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