Hi Joan, I got your message the other night in answer to my post stating that Colostrum is a by-product of pregnancy. It was something that I was taught by part of the clinical faculty where I studied Lactation. However, I felt quite bothered by reading your post, which clearly pointed out that there *does* indeed, seem to be a colostral faze even during induced lactation. So - I called that director of the program last night and we chatted at length. She is in agreement with you. She feels that there has not been much research done and that most of what is available is antecdotal, but she said that she has had moms report to her that they have seen some yellowish fluid when pumping for induced lactation. The yellow fluid (colostrum) seems to be of shorter duration than when moms give birth, at least that is what she told me. She thought it would be a great research project for someone. I asked her to share the info with the other students who were in the room at the time we were told differently and she said she would. It came up originally, because as we were sitting around and chatting, the question of whether or not there was colostrum without pregnancy and birth, came to me. The intructor at the time was very emphatic in her answer. I hope any of you who thought I was jujping in with incorrect info will accept my apologies. Regards, Yaffa \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Yaffa Stark, MA, IBCLC Los Angeles, Calif., USA "We must identify and reduce barriers which keep women from beginning or continuing to breastfeed their infants." C. Everett Koop, M.D., ScD. Former Surgeon General ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////