Making a Person: I admit it....

I tried to "milk" myself yesterday. Ha! I was reading a thread on MDC in my "due date club" that was titled "Can you milk yourself yet?" and I was wildly curious.... me being a first-timer and all. Many people that replied to the post who are about as far along as I am without any previous children said that they weren't able to express anything from their boobies yet. But some admitted that they have actually started "leaking". It's my understanding that *most* first time mommas don't get any leakage until the baby is born, but again, I was curious.

So......I squeezed and a little bit of clear-ish liquid came out. Okay, now I was ultra curious. I posted to ask what the clear stuff is and someone answered that it is very early colostrum. Interesting. I'm a goof and got sort of excited about that....just knowing that my body is preparing itself to feed our precious little babe the super food that is colostrum. Speaking of which, I'm going to a breastfeeding class at my local health department tomorrow morning.

Labels: breastfeeding, pregnancy

2 Comments:

twolinesonastick said...: Wow... yeah, this is my first pregnancy and my boobies actually started leaking the same clear stuff around 19 weeks! It was really bad for a few days, then went away, and now it is back and just enough to feel damp and annoying sometimes, but I haven't had to wear pads yet. But even if they're not leaking, I can still squeeze them and get something out... funny but the leaking is more on one side than the other. Isn't it exciting that our bodies are doing what they're supposed to?; Fri Dec 15, 07:32:00 AM CST
Anonymous said...: I think that is so wonderful! I know I've hounded you about this before, but have you made contacts with women who breastfeed yet? So you have your support system in place when baby arrives.

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Danielle; Fri Dec 15, 07:37:00 PM CST