Ask your midwife about hand expressing.
Did you know that being able to hand express is a really useful skill? Hand expressing can be used to help attachment, relieve engorgement and sort out a blocked duct. It is also the best way to express colostrum (the first milk)
However you are planning to feed your baby, they can really benefit from having colostrum as their first feeds.
Colostrum can be hand expressed in pregnancy and stored in small syringes ready for your baby’s arrival.
Ask your midwife about hand expressing or come along to the Colostrum Collection Drop In on a Thursday afternoon (14:00-16:00) the Parentcraft room at the back of antenatal clinic.
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