> I have also, on a very few occasions, been present when the mother of a
baby
> who was transferred to the NICU at birth, learns to use a breast pump in
the
> first couple of hours post-partum.  There has been such a volume of
> colostrum that we would need a cup to store it in.  Thereafter, the volume
> has decreased for a day or so, before coming full force in large amounts,
if
> expression is continued.

Dear Rachel, I've seen exactly the same thing.  I think there is a
significant physiologic reason for this.  (combining immunologic, glucose
needs etc. to get baby thru first rest period which is sometimes fairly long
in hours.)

Sincerely, Pat in SNJ

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