Colostrum Milk?Brown?Yellow?Pinkish?

Kelmarin , one of Kelab Susu Ibu Melaka nya members smsed and tanya bout colostrum milk. Kenapa ada orang yang yellowish in colour, and kenapa ada yang brownish. And si ibu yang baru lepas bersalin tu worried la coz the colostrum milk that keluar dari breast dia adalah brownish in colour.

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So, meh kita baca dulu , apa sebenar nya colostrum milk ni.

Colostrum Milk ni dipanggil juga “First Milk” . Ianya akan keluar sebelum kita bersalin atau sejurus lepas bersalin . Colostrum ni memang kaya dengan antibodi dan good bakteria yang akan protect anak kita dari dapat penyakit2 yang tidak diingini sewaktu baru dilahirkan. Colostrum juga membantu prevent jaundice .

Antara kebaikan colostrum milk ni :

Colostrum contains antibodies to protect your baby from illnesses

Like breastmilk, colostrum provides numerous antibodies to the baby through its powerful white blood cells. These cells can attack harmful bacteria that may cause your baby to get sick during his first few days of life. For this reason, both colostrum and breastmilk are actually closer to human blood than they are to infant formula in their amazing ability to fight off disease and illness.

Colostrum acts as a “laxative” to stimulate the baby’s bowels

As the mother feeds her baby colostrum in the first few days, it helps the baby to pass the first stool. This stool is referred to as meconium and contains bilirubin. Bilirubin is a substance that causes newborn jaundice if it is not removed through stool and urine. If you breastfeed your baby frequently in the first few days after birth, you can indeed help to reduce her risk of deveoping jaundice.

Colostrum contains healthy nutrition for newborns

Colostrum is quite high in protein content as well as lower in fat and sugar. This makes colostrum an ideal first food for the baby not only in terms of nutrition, but for the baby to be able digest more easily than other nutritional supplements such as infant formula.

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Tapi kenapa ada macam-macam colours?

 

Our milk  depends on apa yang kita makan. Our food intakes, vitamins yang kita makan, ubat-ubatan yang kita ambil. Thus , colour of colostrum milk are vary.

Terdapat juga colour colostrum yang brownish to pinkish. Ianya di panggil juga “rusty pipe” syndrome. Jangan risau kalau tetiba colostrum yang keluar dari badan kita adalah colour sebegini. Usually it is due to dried blood yang keluar dari badan kita .

This typically comes from vascular engorgement, due to the increased blood flow to the breast. It is also related to the extremely quick development of milk-producing tissue during pregnancy. It is perfectly safe to feed the expressed milk to the baby. If the baby is at the breast, it is equally as safe to ingest the small amounts of blood being cleared. There is no medical treatment, but it will usually clear up within a week after birth.

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Banyak ke kuantiti colostrum milk yang patut keluar dari badan kita?

 

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Baby yang baru lahir tidak memerlukan susu yang banyak. Saiz perut baby yang baru lahir adalah sebesar guli kecik je. Thus susu yang diperlukan tidak banyak, dan colostrum milk yang di produce oleh badan, even though sikit tapi mencukupi untuk anak kita.
 

So, bila sahaja melahirkan anak, selepas anak itu telah dibersihkan, usually nurses akan beri pada kita untuk disusukan. For first time mother atau mak-mak yang dah lahirkan 2,3 anak ..jangan risau nurses will guide you guys on how is latching, positioning should be done. Kata lah nurses buat diam je tak beri anak pada kita, ask for your baby.Breastfeed your baby in the 1st hour after delivery tu. Sebab time ini lah first milk akan keluar.
 

Good luck mothers!