I can't STAND it!  Please answer the following question:

When is the new mother's milk "in?"
a) after 3-6 days
b) after 3-6 hours
c) after the baby's first breastfeed
d) from the end of the first trimester of pregnancy

If you answered anything but d), I am frustrated!  Mother Nature does not
design babies to be starved or mothers to starve them.  If you have ever
watched a female bitch (dog) or mother cat feed her babies, does ANYONE
worry that her milk is not in when those pups or kittens have breakfast,
lunch or dinner?

WHY are we still telling mothers their milk is NOT IN YET when it has been
there all the time?
Colostrum is FIRST  milk, not PRE-MILK or NON-milk.  It is highly
concentrated and can be there is LARGE QUANTITIES, not just little
occasional drips (I have seen first-time moms within hours of birth pump
out close to 5 oz!).

Please, LACTNET sisters, help me to help others to see that how we talk
makes a difference in terms of mothers' confidence, their understanding and
subsequent perceptions about what their bodies are doing and how they are
helping (or not) their babies.

Off the soapbox.  Whew!  The oxygen up there was THIN!

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