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we all know that colostrum is made at an early time in the gestation peri=
od
of which I do have rather plentifully, if he nurses until the day I deliv=
er
my midwife is then convinced there will not be enough for the newborn. I
gave up and said I would look into it, so here I am. Thanks for your word=
s
of wisdom,
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hi emily!
my understanding is that while colostrum production begins sometime during
pgc, the body's clock automatically resets itself at birth and begins the
metamorphosis from colostrum to mature milk all over again then, no matter how
many and what ages have already been nursing.
i have nursed 2 side by side through 3 pgc's now and have nursed 3 for 2 yrs
following the last pgc and it looks like it will be doing that again come
october. when i 1st faced tandem nursing, my concern was not 'can the toddler
take all the colostrum before birth?' b/c i knew birth itself begins production
of said liquid gold anew; my concern was, 'after the birth i know colostrum
is only produced for a few days - if the newborn is a heavy sleeper (like all
of mine are) and the toddler has unrestricted access to both breasts, can he
take the lion's share of the colostrum?' i researched and high and low and
could not find any definitive info on this, so i elected to assign a breast to
each and have done so ever since the 1st tandem pair.
i found that the colostrum in the toddler's breast depleted and turned into
mature milk much more quickly than in the newborn's. w/ every new birth, i
notice the colostrum -tinted milk lasts up to 3-4 wks in the newborn breast
whereas the toddler only gets it for about a week. the only contraindications
i've been able to unearth to assigning breasts is the concern that the newborn
might not get the hand-eye coordination it should if always put to the same
breast. i feel changing positions on that breast and plenty of tummy time
when not on the breast along w/ normal sibling interaction has prevented this
being a problem for us...
i am growing increasingly interested in having this observation
validated/officially researched and am thinking of posting to see if anyone here knows
of anyone that might like to do an informal/observational study on the issue
that i can assist w/ or be a guinea pig for...if you do end up assigning
breasts and notice the same differing rates of colostrum depletion, i hope you
will post about it or save my email and let me know !
ps - other advantages include the toddler feeling more secure that s/he has
his/her own breast that the new baby can not encroach upon and less
confusion for mom as to when new baby last nursed during the flurry of nursing 2, b/c
the new baby's breast will feel fuller and remind her if the toddler has not
been nursing on both...
~jacqui gruttadauria, bsw
near detroit, michigan
(where i am confounded to find that 'gravel through the nipples' feeling is
recurring regularly at 3 wk intervals this pgc !!)
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