The phrase
"enough colostrum" means having an adequate amount of the first milk produced by a mammal after giving birth.
Full definition
Babies who are nursing constantly or babies who nurse and are not satisfied and cry when removed from breast, require an immediate exam by the pediatrician and a full assessment by the mother - baby RN to be sure they are
receiving enough colostrum.
Babies need small quantities of colostrum in the first days (but as much as they will take of course) and even mothers who later have trouble producing enough milk usually
make enough colostrum.
Most mothers can produce enough milk for tandem nursing, but the new baby should be nursed first for at least the first few days after delivery to ensure that it
receives enough colostrum.
I kept asking the nurses if I was
making enough colostrum and they said I was, but they never, ever checked to see if I was even producing colostrum.
It is possible that these babies
get enough colostrum, which is rich in Vitamin K. I also advise mothers to take seasonal fruits, vegetables (leafy as well as raw), milk or milk products and sprouts, as these provide an adequate amount of these vitamins in their breast milk.
Just a tea spoon spoon is a typical feeding and
enough colostrum to provide large amounts of immunoglobins.
Jillian told PEOPLE Now she feels the pressure from her baby - friendly hospital to exclusively breastfeed her baby became too much, leading to him not getting
enough colostrum (a mother's early milk) in the first few days after he was born.
I was not producing
enough colostrum / milk in the hospital and my baby wouldn't urinate.
If a newborn goes 24 hours without a stool, it doesn't mean they are constipated; it means they haven't had
enough colostrum or breastmilk.
If an infant formula is necessary because you do not have
enough colostrum or expressed milk is, you can request that they use hypoallergenic formula (Nutramigen, Alimentum) instead of the standard issue.