Did you know that milk production begins during pregnancy, and that we can express (or discharge it) by squeezing the breast by hand? In fact, antenatal hand expression - as it’s more formally called - is considered to have lots of benefits, which we outline in today’s podcast, as well as what changes your breasts undergo during pregnancy, what colostrum is and why we call it liquid gold!

Check-out www.firstdroplets.com which is a great, free website offering tutorials on how to do hand expression, tips and tricks for latching, and more! And here is an amazon link to a syringe we like for collecting colostrum!

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