BRENDA PHIPPS posted:
Hello, this is weird - I received a phone call on Friday, just before leaving work. A concerned relative of a new mother with a history of bulimea says that the mother's milk is the color of orange juice! Is there anything that can cause this, and has anyone ever seen this color of milk? I have seen green, gray, brown, yellow and pink, but never orange.


I only have the experience of my n = 1, so I don't know how common this is. When we were bringing our 2-day-old daughter Kira home from the hospital, she spit up an amazing orange color. Are you familiar with cheese puffs? (Cheese puffs are an American junk food heavily dusted with a bright orange powder vaguely related to cheese.)

Kira hadn't taken in anything other than breastmilk; cheese puffs were wildly impossible. So, I figured my colostrum must be a freaky color and left it at that. She was the picture of excellent health. I'm thin, but no history of malnutrition or eating disorder; my typical diet is mostly vegetarian with small amounts of fish. Kira was slightly jaundiced at day 4, but that resolved quickly. Once my milk came in full force, she spit up the more typical color.

regards,
Julia
Julia R. Barrett
Science Writer and Editor in the Life Sciences
Madison, Wisconsin
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