If you have diabetes, discuss this further with your midwife or obstetrician to create a plan for you and your baby. If you have been advised to antenatally express your milk, your health care provider will show you how to hand express and provide you with an instruction and collection kit.
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Choose a location. Your breastfeeding journey. Events overview News overview. Share this content. Do not panic! A Few Safety Questions with Antenatal Hand Expression 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. This is because nipple stimulation leads to an increase in the hormone oxytocin , which plays a role in both milk let-down and contraction of the womb. Another concern is that stimulating the nipple and the increased contractions could reduce blood flow to the womb.
So, expressing while pregnant is not recommended when the foetus is not growing well, or has other medical conditions such as macrosomia excessive weight , or there is too much fluid in the womb. Our study results, published today in The Lancet, found that expressing while pregnant is safe for women with diabetes in low-risk pregnancies in late pregnancy from around 36 weeks. After studying over women, we found no increase in early births or admissions to neonatal intensive care.
Before our trial, researchers had only run three small studies of expressing colostrum while pregnant, and no randomised trials for women without diabetes. So, our advice to women with questions about expressing while pregnant is to ask their health care professional about their individual situation. They are best placed to discuss the risks and benefits.
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Is it safe to breastfeed during pregnancy? Back to Common symptoms in pregnancy. In pregnancy, the breasts may start to produce milk weeks or months before you are due to have your baby.
If your nipples are leaking, the substance is usually colostrum, which is the first milk your breasts make in preparation for feeding your baby. Leaking is normal and nothing to worry about.
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