A mother who gave birth at our hospital recently, told me that for the first 2 days she does not have milk (heard that before frequently). On day two she asked me for an extra feed as her baby was starving. She told me that she had fed 2 other babies for 2 years. I decided to pump her to see where we were - the baby's parameters were normal - had passed urine and stools and was well-latched. The colostrum that I pumped out was thick like cream -cheese - it plopped out of her nipple. I rubbed it between my fingers and it was very greasy. I have never seen this before. We pumped after every feed and later on in the day her milk came in. Has anyone seen this before? I was speechless! Sincerely, Barbie Currie RN RM. White River, Mpumalanga, South Africa. [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html