I'm ashamed to even ask this as a STM...but if your milk doesn't come in for a day or two (DS was 3 days old when mine came in), your baby gets all the nutrition it needs from colostrum?
I vaguely remember DS only taking milli-something (whatever measurement it was) at a time of formula for the first day or so. Is this comparable to the amout of colostrum our bodies produce?
:::hangs head in STM shame:::
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I also read somewhere that babies don't feel hunger for four days after delivery, because they still have so much from us. I don't know if I totally buy th
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Two days is actually pretty quick, I think it can take up to a week. I'm actually not sure when mine came in because I never got engorged or was even able to hand express any for several weeks. I did supplement on days 3-4 (long story), but
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12 weeks 3 days
TTC since Oct 2011
Me: 33, hypothyroidism since 14, cleared all HSG, US, Pre-pregnancy panel tests.
Hubby: 36, testicular Ca, chemo April-May 2012.
Natural cycle IUI #1 with trigger and Progesterone Suppositories (Jun 2012) Neg
Natural Cycle IUI #2 with trigger and Progesterone Suppositories (Jul 2012) NEG
Aug 2012 - break due to needing a girls' weekend in Cape Cod
Natural Cycle IUI #3 with trigger and prednisone (Sep 2012) NEGATIVE
Switched fertility clinics - forced break Oct 2012
Natural Cycle IUI #4 (Nov 2012) no trigger, no progesterone, no prednisone (Nov 2012) - Neg
1st round Clomid Cycle IUI #5 (Dec 2012) - POS