Harvesting Colostrum

Hey, no tips yet as it's taken me 4/5 attempts to even get a drop but hoping others have some advice!

I got some helpful advice on my post 🙂 x https://www.peanut-app.io/share/nwTL1I1uIOb

Warm shower or bath before, massage breasts, and apply a hot water bottle or compress, and keep trying are the tips I’ve seen. I literally got a drop on my first few tries, and then a wee bit more on the 4th go. I’m going to try again a few more times but I know some ladies said they couldn’t get anything. And some lucky people get loads! X

I’m not at the point of being able to harvest it yet, but I’m only a few weeks away so I have been researching it. It can help to warm up the area before harvesting like taking a hot shower/bath or massaging the area with a warm cloth. A midwife told me to push gently into where the coloured part of the nipple starts (the areola) and then squeeze towards the nipple as you will be directly targeting the milk ducts instead of squeezing your whole breast to try and get the colostrum out! Hope you find an easy way for you!! ☺️

Hey lovely, I just started yesterday!! I just sat on the sofa and did it haha just massaged the boobs and used a syringe to collect. Also… just seen you live in Lincoln too!!! 🤍 I’m due on the 11th December 🥹🥰

@Charlotte yes I do!! I’m due on the 12th how exciting 🤩 💗

Express onto a clean tea spoon and then suck it up with the syringe

I haven’t started yet but midwife gave me a pack for it and has said that maybe easier with 2 people doing it

I found it took a few tries for me to get anything - I didn’t start trying until 38 weeks and I was closer 39 weeks when I was getting anything substantial out! I’m almost 40 weeks now and getting 1ml off each side per session (takes about half an hour I’m finding!) Also hi to the few of you who are also in Lincoln (I am too)👋🏻

I started from 37 weeks and used the technique shown on an info sheet the midwife gave me. I don’t expect to get anything but on my first attempt within minutes I got a flow going. Managed to collect 0.1 for 2 days in a row. Not hard to do if you get the technique right.

To add, I’m finding it uncomfortable as it’s not something we used to doing but it’s worth it.