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Colostrum has a weird texture!

fyziksgirlfyziksgirl member
in May 2012 Moms

I was just sitting on our hotel bed, minding my own business, naked after a shower, when this clear liquid dripped onto my belly. I thought it was water from my hair, but when I wiped it off I realized it was all slimy. Look up at the ceiling, nope, no leak. Look back down at my belly....and see my booby above it...which has a giant drop of clear, slimy fluid threatening to fall again!

My boobs are leaking!

Or, well, the right one is. Was, by now.

I had no idea colostrum was so slimy feeling! I assumed it would be more like milk. Very weird!

(Is that normal?) 

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Re: Colostrum has a weird texture!

  • redheadinloveredheadinlove member

    Mines a little slimy. It's not quite the colostrum your baby will know and love those first few days though. 

    It's definitely weird seeing liquid on your nipple though! I put cocoa butter on my breasts and I end up squeezing some out. Always amusing... 

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  • sulilinasulilina member
    That's a good question. I'm also curious to know if it's normal not to be leaking yet? I'm a FTM, and I have had no symptoms of leakage
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  • jmgcogginsjmgcoggins

    Completely normal. Although, it's not colostrom just yet. It's your body making the colostrum, and getting your body ready for those first feedings but it's just no full of fat and nutrients (completely).

    Also, to the other questions. It's normal to leak and not to leak at this point. Some woman don't ever leak, some leak early. With DS I started leaking around 18 weeks. This time, unless my nipple is squeezed (yes I was curious because I leaked so early with my son, I was wondering why it hadn't happened yet), I don't leak.

    The texture is almost like a silky/slimy feeling and thicker than water. Sometimes it's clear other times it has a whitish tinge to it. All is normal. The only thing that's not normal is if it's bloody (which would happen with mastitis during breastfeeding, or if your nipples are really cracked).

    So if your leaking that's awesome, if your not...that's awesome too :) Either way and either teture is all normal!

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  • pnkfaeriepnkfaerie member
    Colostrum can be clear to off white. It can be slimy or slick or even a little sticky! I find that when I leak a little, it feels sticky-ish when I rub it between my thumb and index finger.
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  • beachbum28beachbum28 member

    Thats not colostrum....its a thick white milky..your boobs are just leaking and getting ready for your baby.  The colostrum comes after your baby is born :)

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  • DeAndraM01DeAndraM01 member

    Yea I have boob leakage as well. My DH massages my boobs at night for 15 minutes so it can get leakage out and such because I hate when it randomly leaks on my arms and such when I lay down.

    I am also a FTM but I learned the leakage is quite normal. It shocked me at first I was like why is there liquid leaking from my boob, but now I know what it is I just try to get as much leakage out as possible. :)

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  • bellelambbellelamb member
    I didn't stop bfing ds until he was 12 months old and I was already 3 months pregnant with this baby so my boobs never completely dried up. It's weird because what I leak this time is much more like the milk that I was producing for ds at the end of his bfing time. I wonder if after this lo is born if it will change to the colostrum I remember from last time with ds or if my milk will come in much sooner. I do know I am looking forward to bfing again though so I hope this lo is as good at it as ds was.
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  • redheadinloveredheadinlove member
    imageDeAndraM01:

    Yea I have boob leakage as well. My DH massages my boobs at night for 15 minutes so it can get leakage out and such because I hate when it randomly leaks on my arms and such when I lay down.

    I am also a FTM but I learned the leakage is quite normal. It shocked me at first I was like why is there liquid leaking from my boob, but now I know what it is I just try to get as much leakage out as possible. :)

    I think you may actually encourage them to leak more haha the whole supply and demand thing.

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  • redheadinloveredheadinlove member

    imagebellelamb:
    I didn't stop bfing ds until he was 12 months old and I was already 3 months pregnant with this baby so my boobs never completely dried up. It's weird because what I leak this time is much more like the milk that I was producing for ds at the end of his bfing time. I wonder if after this lo is born if it will change to the colostrum I remember from last time with ds or if my milk will come in much sooner. I do know I am looking forward to bfing again though so I hope this lo is as good at it as ds was.

    Just by the way, I was curious about the same thing (not for myself, just general knowledge) and it does change back to colostrum once you give birth =)

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