Denise, I only have my own experience to go on here, but I am currently 6 mths pregnant, and breastfeeding a 2 1/2 yr old. Currently, I can express a few drops of a clearish fluid, that looks a bit like coconut milk, but not really that beautiful yellow colostrum colour. After a dramatic supply drop during my 3rd to 5th months, I feel now that it's starting to increase again, though only by a small amount. This is the first pregnancy I have fed right through, and although my daughter feeds relatively frequently, I do not have a large supply. I'll try and remember to keep an eye on it if you'd like, and let you know when it starts to look more like colostrum, than thick, sticky coconut milk!! :-) Dene Stareczek NMAA Trainee Breastfeeding Counsellor Mum to Claudia (4), Tasha (2 1/2) and Bump due Oct 2000 <snip> I've recently been involved in a conversation about when breastmilk becomes more colostrum-like in relation to breastfeeding during pregnancy. I've always stated that 'at birth' the breastmilk is colostrum-like, then will 'come in' with lactogenesis II as per usual. But WHEN during the pregnancy does the milk of the mother who is breastfeeding an older child 'change' to be colostrum-like? Is there much difference between low-volume 'nearly weaned' milk and colostrum? Is this why it appears to be colostrum again after birth? What about the toddler who has kept up a pretty good supply - is the milk just before birthing as 'colostrum-like' as in the other case? Looking forward to learning more. Denise *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html