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Urge to Express Colostrum Posted: 01-07-08 10:30am
I'm 25wks pregnant and I started producing
colostrum at about 17-18wks. It only comes
out when I squeeze it.
Every 2-3 days, it seems that theres a
buildup or something because I get this
extreme urge to express it. I'll do it
about 10 times on each nipple and I'm
fine. But lately it's been about every
day, maybe stretching to every 2 days. Is
this normal? I haven't asked my doctor yet
about it because I didn't have the
yearning to do so last time I went.
On one hand, I feel it's preparing me to
breastfeed (which I plan on doing so), but
I also heard stimulating your nipples
brings on premature labor.
Any thoughts would be helpful.
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 01-07-08 10:48am
Personally it's not something i'd like to
do, You don't need to prepare yourself for
breastfeeding by doing this
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Bridget
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Posted: 01-07-08 12:14pm
i think it's in your head. you shouldn't
feel the urge to express the colostrum and
it's in no way preparing you to
breastfeed.
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Lilly Ivy
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Posted: 01-07-08 17:12pm
you don't think rubbing them and making
them tougher is helping?
I have a lot of things in my head, I just
didn't think this was one of them...
