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M.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Borstvoedingscentrum Panta Rhei" 
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To: "Lactation Information and Discussion" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] colostrum question


> Hi Nina and Gina,
>
> I think it might be that the mother has expressed more colostrum than the 
> baby needed at the time.
> Maybe there is a little stock of colostrum now, although the mother is 
> already expressing mature(r) milk...?
> I considered the issue to be this: finish the stock of colostrum first or 
> start with transitional or already mature milk?
> I don't know the answer. When the baby is still fairly ill, continuing 
> colostrum might be a good option.
> If the baby is doing well, (s)he might benefit from the higher fat 
> percentage in mature milk to start growing.
> Or maybe save some colostrum for (hopefully not occurring) setbacks in the 
> near future...?
>
> Kindly,
>
> Marianne Vanderveen IBCLC, Netherlands
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nina Berry" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [LACTNET] colostrum question
>
>
>> Why would you not give the baby all of the colostrum?  The mother's body
>> produces it because the baby needs it ... the mother's body doesn't know 
>> the
>> difference between feeding and expressing.  If the baby was feeding at
>> breast, no one would have to make a decision about when to switch from
>> colostrums to transitional and mature milk.  The mother's body makes that
>> decision.  There is no excess colostrum. There is only just as much as 
>> the
>> baby needs. Am I missing something?
>> Nina Berry
>> Australia
>>
>>
>>>When, in thefeeding continuum (trophic to actual feeding) do we start 
>>>using
>> mother's
>> transitional/mature milk and no longer colostrum.  When should the
>> excess colostrum be used to avoid wasting it?<

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