Well, I'm 37 weeks' pregnant now and I've been expressing colostrum for a grand total of 10 weeks! I'm so pleased I continued to express and store my liquid gold for little one and I've not experienced any signs or symptoms of preterm labour in my low risk pregnancy. Perhaps I'm proving the doubters wrong... In any case, I'm not expressing to prove a point, rather I did it initially to relieve breast discomfort which I associated with the need to express colostrum antenatally. Storing it and having a stash was just a bonus but I hardly imagined I'd have as much as I have today... To date, I have expressed over 426ml of colostrum. So for this week's blog, I thought it'd be appropriate to provide you with my top 10 tips on expressing colostrum antenatally. Top 10 Tips on Antenatal Expressing of Colostrum 1. Always, always, always discuss with your midwife first - As soon as you've reached the third trimester you can technically sta
I started expressing colostrum from week 27 of my second pregnancy when I experienced breast discomfort. I have continued to express, store and keep a diary of my colostrum harvesting as a record of my experience for other women to read. There simply isn't any significant information out there for women who are researching antenatal colostrum expressing at such an early stage of a healthy low risk pregnancy.