Hi Kika,
Dr Jane Morton from Stanford University studied this topic and published the findings in an article for the ABM. 
I'd send you the link but I'm not at home and my internet connection is poor. 

Take care,
Amy

Amy Wagner, BS, RNC, CCES, IBCLC
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> On Nov 2, 2016, at 6:20 AM, Kika Baeza <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> ​Hi all,
> 
> I am currently working with groups of midwives and we´re really taking big
> steps towards having babies take only colostrum.
> I just found out that the strategy we are using is the same one that Diane
> Wiessinger writes about in her "Normalfed" web (I´m copying her text):
> *"Feeding the Baby (when the baby doesn’t breastfeed) – one possible
> sequence*At first – skin contact
> 
> Use continuous skin-to-skin contact, low-pressure help as needed.  Even
> non-latching babies will move readily to the breast on their own, if kept
> on the mother’s chest (especially if birth medications were not used).  Many
> of these self-directed babies will go on to breastfeed with little or no
> help.
> 
> *If birth was medicated – express colostrum by the end of the first hour*
> 
> Continue constant skin-to-skin care.  Anecdotally, there is often much more
> colostrum available for that first feed than there is at subsequent
> feeds. Normally,
> of course, the baby would take that large meal himself.  If a non-latching
> baby had labor medications, it is likely that he’s going to need help for a
> while.  Getting a larger volume of colostrum *now* may mean less risk of
> formula supplementation *later*.  At this very early stage, a pump may
> work, but hand expression is far less of an intervention."
> 
> 
> ​It works wonders; midwives are ecstatic and babies who do not manage to
> latch or suck effectively after birth are going from the birth wards to the
> maternity wards with a belly full of colostrum and an empowered mom,
> therefore they are not in immediate risk of receiving formula.
> 
> The thing is I cannot find evidence for this practice; I know (because we
> see it) that expressing the first hour after birth yields a lot of
> colostrum, and I think I´ve read it somewhere, but can´t find it now... Do
> any of you have the studies?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kika
> 
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