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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