How To Use Haakaa To Collect Colostrum

It seems there are a number of ways the haakaa can be useful to breastfeeding moms.

How to use haakaa to collect colostrum. Has anyone used the haakaa for collecting prior to giving birth. I m currently 40 1 still waiting for my little one to come. On the brightside i was able to collect over 25 ounces of colostrum to use when baby gets here. I ve been using the haakaa since 38 weeks since i ve been leaking a lot. The combination of heat and salt should pull out the plug.

Colostrum is extremely thick and you only make a few drops of it every few hours. Our collector is made of 100 medical grade silicone which means it won t leach nasty toxins and can be safely stored in. Colostrum is traditionally collected in single use syringes often made from harmful plastics. My doctor has scared me out of doing it altogether because of the labor. Label your collector with the date and place in your container.

Im leaking at 31 weeks and my doctor said i can collect colostrum as long as i don t use an electric pump due to sending myself into labor. Add one tablespoon of epsom salt. Many prefer to use it while they re nursing to collect milk from the other breast that would have otherwise leaked and been absorbed into a breast pad. The haakaa silicone colostrum collector is a world first design giving moms the option to express colostrum antenatally and postnatally in a safe easy to use storage solution. Others use it mainly to relieve engorgement.

Begin with hand expressing each breast for 10 15 minutes once a day during late pregnancy. Catch the drops of colostrum in your sterile colostrum collector from haakaa. Put them in the freezer until birth. I don t have any specific advice about collecting colostrum but when using the haakaa you can get a really good suction by turning the flange part inside out first and then squeeze the base put onto breast and flip the flange back the right way.