There is a comment that mothers and staff say that just drives me crazy: "I  
don't have any milk yet, it is JUST COLOSTRUM."
COLOSTRUM IS BREAST MILK.  It is just a phase in the production.   Colostrum 
is identified in its composition and consistency but there is not just  
colostrum, transition milk and mature milk.  
The composition of breast milk is always changing dependent on the age and  
needs of the baby.  That is the beauty and wonder of the woman's  body.  
There is continued discoveries of the changes in breast milk through the  
course of postpartum.  Peter Hartman is one of those who has done some of  the 
studies but there are others.
Please, please do not tell a mom that her colostrum is not breast  milk.  We 
need to change that notion.
Ann Perry, RN IBCLC
Boston, MA
Continuing to fight the battle with the formula, bottle  society.   :-)



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