Nikki comments:
>As for amounts of newborn milk, I am amazed at its volume! I used to
> believe, based on what I had learned from the evidence, that the amounts
> of
> colostrum were small......
I find the volume that can be expressed very variable. Last week a mother
expressed colostrum on day one that streamed across the room at the very
first attempt at hand expression. Her baby was skin-to-skin at the time but
not interested in feeding. Other times there is just a drop or two. Most
commonly we see about 2 to 7mls in the first few hours after birth. But I
have observed/heard babies swallow at the breast after a few minutes of
suckling and firmly believe that what can be expressed in no way correlates
to the volume available to an efficiently suckling newborn.
Jean Ridler RN RM IBCLC
Hospital and Private Practice
South Africa [log in to unmask]
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