Research showed an increased risk in a baby developing diabetes later on in life if they were fed formula milk and their mother had diabetes in pregnancy. Babies born from mothers who have diabetes during pregnancy are more likely to have low blood sugar levels soon after the birth.
This is known as hypoglycaemia. Hypoglycaemia can potentially affect whether the baby is able to feed at first. Now, imagine a newborn baby trying to breastfeed when they feel like this, not easy!
And, because a baby may not be able to breastfeed to naturally increase his blood sugar level, the midwives or nurses would often have given the baby formula milk instead. In order to stop giving so many babies formula milk for low blood sugar levels, midwives have started to advise some mothers to hand express their milk during pregnancy, around weeks of pregnancy.
Mothers were instructed to expressed anywhere from twice to six times per day and to collect the milk in tiny syringes and store the milk in the freezer. They would then take this antenatally expressed frozen milk into the hospital when they went into labour. This extra colostrum could then be used instead of formula milk if the baby had low blood sugar levels.
Since then, this practice has gotten more and more common, with many women being advised to express their milk in pregnancy for lots of different reasons. Until recently, we have not had any good scientific research which has shown whether this practice is advised and safe. There was a small concern that expressing during pregnancy could lead to preterm labour. This is the same hormone which also makes our uterus contract during labour. In , the first and only randomised control trial was published, which investigated whether antenatal expression for women with diabetes in pregnancy is safe.
As for contamination, everything breast milk touches outside the body during the process of expression and bottle-feeding is a chance for it to obtain harmful bacteria. Bacterial counts are higher in milk expressed with a pump than in milk expressed by hand.
She says babies fed by bottle miss out on these aspects. Everyone seems to think that EPing is a lifestyle choice, done for convenience. The nation suffers, in short, from a Human Milk Gap. There are three ways to bridge that gap: longer maternity leaves, on-site infant childcare, and pumps. Much effort has been spent implementing option No. The hack-a-thon winner was a utility-belt pump, designed for moms who aren't able to take breaks. That loss of productivity is bad for employers and employees.
The elephant in the room is the deplorable lack of paid maternity leave. I believe improving work conditions should be a high priority—not making fancier pumps. Breast pumps are marketed as an essential accessory of modern motherhood to wealthy countries with expendable income, Thorley says, and she laments the death of the art of hand expressing breast milk.
The normalization of exclusive pumping could have major societal implications: It may erode societal support for breastfeeding, for example. For the first few weeks of exclusive pumping, Boss says she was lucky to get two hours of sleep a night. Her initial goal was to pump milk for her son for three months. I would just sit here at the kitchen table, pumping milk and catching up on Game of Thrones at 2 a. Six months came and went; now that her son is 14 months old, she is finally putting the pump away.
Photo courtesy of Mama Natural When does colostrum come in? Does colostrum mean labour is coming soon? Is pumping colostrum before birth safe? If you have one of the following conditions, you should talk to your care provider before pumping colostrum: You have a high-risk pregnancy, or are at risk for preterm labour e.
You are carrying multiples. If you have been advised not to have sex during pregnancy. You are experiencing bleeding or uterine pain. Benefits of pumping colostrum before birth Pumping colostrum before birth is not a requirement for a healthy baby. If your baby is unable to latch due to a medical condition e. If your baby is born prematurely and uses a feeding tube. Storing expressed colostrum You should follow the same guidelines as you would for storing breastmilk.
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