Colostrum Struggles

Not everyone will be able to collect before birth so try not to stress about it. A warm bath or shower beforehand is what I do. I don’t collect huge amounts. Have a look online for the techniques too. ☺️

I never managed to collect any with my first pregnancy but still successfully breast fed, so don’t stress if you don’t manage - it doesn’t indicate what milk supply would be like

Have a shower and make sure you are as relaxed as possible. Make sure you have had plenty to drink during the day. Not sure it makes a difference but I find evenings the best just before bed. Massage your breast after the shower and gently squeeze and hold around the nipple for 5 seconds. Hope this helps 🙂

I never managed to get any last pregnancy. I exclusively breastfed until she was 1 (and then continued at night until she was 2) and I could never hand express! I never even leaked! I was really worried about my supply because of it when I was pregnant, but I had no issues feeding x

I feel like everyone has the ideal time of day. I'm useless past 12pm. Morning not so bad. Heat really is great, hot water bottle against breast for a little while helped me. However, I also have to go for a long time to get anything. So I started on an hour on each breast and if I haven't got the time to dedicate like 2hrs there's no point in me even trying!