When can I start feeding my baby?
You can start feeding your baby as soon as she's born. Having skin-to-skin contact immediately after the birth may help:
- You and your baby to bond with each other.
- Your baby's natural feeding reflexes to kick in.
- To stimulate your milk to flow.
The first milk you'll feed your baby is colostrum, which is a concentrated, creamy-looking, high-protein, low-fat substance. This is all your baby needs in her first three days of her life.
Colostrum is easily-digestible and full of disease-fighting antibodies (immunoglobulins) that strengthen your baby's immune system.
Your milk will come in about three days after you've given birth. This is when the levels of prolactin have adjusted and you produce breastmilk, rather than colostrum.
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