Got Milk??

It's been awhile since my last blog. Finding time to write is a little hard at the moment. I'm still settling in to these extra early school runs and having a baby again.

While I was pregnant with Miss Isla (towards the end) I was doing everything I could to get this baby moving. I was desperate for her to come early!

One of the things they say is nipple stimulation. Well I wasn't all that keen on rubbing my boobs all day but then I read about a mum who hand expressed colostrum and froze it for her baby-to-be.

I thought that seemed like a much better idea. I always seem to have an over supply of milk when breast feeding and my milk comes in early-as in I can squeeze milk out from week 1 almost.

After I had my son 4yrs ago I could still squeeze milk out 2 yrs AFTER I stopped breast feeding him!!!

So from about 34 weeks I hand expressed my colostrum.

In the morning I would have a hot shower, sit down and express into a tablespoon, once I was done I would collect the colostrum in a syringe and freeze it with the date on it, I usually got between 5-10mls.

I didn't do it every day just when I could be bothered!

I ended up with quite a collection. Too much for Isla to use up before we left the city, so I decided to give it to Kaitlyn and Bradley as well.

They had both been sick for weeks and needed a boost to their immune system-why not?

I didn't tell them what I was giving them, although Kaitlyn guessed straight away. Bradley downed his in exactly 3 seconds. So did Kaitlyn but she made sure she had a truly disgusted expression on her face first!!!

I know it sounds like a total hippie thing to do (trust me I'm not into breast feeding older kids) but I didn't know what to do with all this colostrum. I didn't want to waste this stuff, it's like liquid gold and since Kaitlyn and Bradley had been sick for sooooo long I decided why not?

Kaitlyn still gets embarrassed when I breast feed Isla-especially in public. But hopefully she will get over that soon. I think that is more due to the fact that I've always told her not to walk around without clothes on because it's inappropriate. So now Kaitlyn is stuck thinking it's inappropriate.

Sometimes being a mum is hard. Trying to teach children not to run around naked but that whipping yours boobs out is ok for breast feeding. It's a total contradiction.