Sam asks:
> Does that also include the thought that colostrum really only differs from
> mature milk in that mature milk is more dilute?
Hmm.... I suppose in some way, but if we go back to milk synthesis at the
cellular level I would think that statement is perhaps too simplistic?
I am all for helping mothers understand the wonders of breast milk, but so
often when trying to make things understandable - it is simplified still
further in the retelling and the wrong message gets across - hence mothers
expecting there to be a magical number of minutes before foremilk changes to
hindmilk - and the implication that the so-called foremilk is not really
nutritious.
Jean Ridler RN RM IBCLC
South Africa [log in to unmask]
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