In a message dated 11/12/2006 9:56:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
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My hospital-based friends tell me that there's generally much more 
colostrum at that first post-birth feed.  The baby takes a good slug or, if 
it's known that the baby isn't going to be breastfeeding for a while 
and the mother pumps in that first hour, my colleagues tell me there's a lot 
more to pump - maybe 30 cc, while a few hours later all they get is drops.  
This says to me that the mother is primed to deliver colostrum in a big way 
shortly after delivering the baby.
Dear Friends:
    Ooooh, Diane! What a lovely explanation. We know there can be mechanical 
changes that occur once things get started, such as in "rusty pipe syndrome".
    This would explain the rivers of flowing colostrum I have seen mothers 
express into a spoon. I never paid attention to it being delivery day, or day 1 
or 2.
    Somehow, I suspect, with all the routine technology, that even this 
fundamental milk flow could be altered.
    However, I have started saying to students "I just don't believe that 
mothers make only a little colostrum. I've seen a primalacta, primipara express 3 
full teaspoons (using spoon from her breakfast tray) after 10-15 minutes of 
s2s.
    wow!
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Adjunct Faculty, Union Institute and University, Lactation Program
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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