lactating breasts

how long before milk comes in during pregnancy? you’ll be able to breastfeed the baby theday it is born assuming there are no complications. what type of complications? if you give birth to the baby early, you mightnot be able to breastfeed because your breasts aren’t fully developed. that’s primarilya problem for a first baby, not a second. i heard that what you make the first weekisn’t milk. technically, it is called colostrum. however,it is still nutrition for the baby. and all the immune system benefits of milkare in that first week. well, your baby will pick up your immunitythrough the milk and the colostrums. but your

baby will carry your antibodies for the firstsix months anyway. i think i’m already making milk, becausei leak. you’ll leak more after you have the baby.some women wear nursing pads all the time because they leak milk whenever they heara baby cry. but i’m not making milk yet. you might leak a little colostrum now, especiallyif you are doing a breast exam. and it could leak while you are in labor. it isn’t any worse than the poop i mightleak while in labor. all i care about is being able to breastfeed.

your full milk should come in within a weekof having the baby, though probably three or four days later. is colostrum enough for a newborn? it has been enough for newborns for hundredsof thousands of years, so yes. and if you have problems, remember that formula is justfine. it’s inferior to formula. millions if not billions of people since ww2have been raised off of formula and grown up just fine. that depends on your opinion of the baby boomergeneration.