Colostrum is the first milk your breasts produce during pregnancy. Most mothers don't even know it's there unless they leak a bit toward the end of the pregnancy. Your body starts making it about three to four months into pregnancy, and it may leak from your breasts while you're pregnant.
What colostrum lacks in volume it makes up for in power. Some people refer to colostrum as "high octane" milk. It's full of antibodies and immunoglobulins, which not only help protect newborns as they come into our world of bacteria and viruses, but also has a laxative effect that helps them expel the tarry first stools called meconium.
When you feed your baby colostrum, which may appear as clear fluid or be a deep golden color, it's as though you're giving him his first vaccination. Someone once estimated that if human colostrum could be commercially manufactured with all the same antibodies and immunoglobulins in it, it would cost somewhere around $80 an ounce.
if you don't mind me asking, and I hope you don't take it as me being rude, why is it yellow? I'm pregnant with my first and I'm trying to learn as much as possible! :)
ana·
Многодетная мама (5 детей)
@californiahaley, thank you I fix it....
Haley·
Мама сына (1 год)
Oh it says you're still pregnant so that's why I said to keep t so you could feed it to him. :)
Rosa·
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Omg that's so cool and interesting!
ana·
Многодетная мама (5 детей)
Welcome love @morgans_mommie
missing58user·
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That was SO helpful @alexandermami thank you!
ana·
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Colostrum is the first milk your breasts produce during pregnancy. Most mothers don't even know it's there unless they leak a bit toward the end of the pregnancy. Your body starts making it about three to four months into pregnancy, and it may leak from your breasts while you're pregnant.
What colostrum lacks in volume it makes up for in power. Some people refer to colostrum as "high octane" milk. It's full of antibodies and immunoglobulins, which not only help protect newborns as they come into our world of bacteria and viruses, but also has a laxative effect that helps them expel the tarry first stools called meconium.
When you feed your baby colostrum, which may appear as clear fluid or be a deep golden color, it's as though you're giving him his first vaccination. Someone once estimated that if human colostrum could be commercially manufactured with all the same antibodies and immunoglobulins in it, it would cost somewhere around $80 an ounce.
@wildflower16
Rosa·
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ohhh! okay :) thanks!
ana·
Многодетная мама (5 детей)
colostrum....the best milk your newborn will ever get....is gold lol 😆@wildflower16
Rosa·
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if you don't mind me asking, and I hope you don't take it as me being rude, why is it yellow? I'm pregnant with my first and I'm trying to learn as much as possible! :)
ana·
Многодетная мама (5 детей)
I fed it to him....I'm exclusively pumping mom.....😆 @californiahaley
Haley·
Мама сына (1 год)
Save that!!!