Colostrum is a viscous substance has a light yellow color, contains many proteins, minerals, vitamins, calories and immune agents that provide protection to the newborn against viruses, bacteria and germs that are exposed after birth.
Colostrum produce in highest concentration early days, so it is recommended to place the baby to the breast immediately after birth. The immediate breastfeeding strengthens the bonds between mother and son, helps the placenta to separate easily and the baby's sucking stimulates the mammary glands to produce milk in few days.
The baby has a very delicate digestive system and colostrum is digestible easily. The production is small but contains enough to feed the baby in first few days until the arrival of milk. It will help to eliminate excess bilirubin, preventing and/or reversing jaundice, another characteristic of colostrum is maintaining the level of sugar in the blood. The mother passed to her newborn the immunological agents in colostrum, therefore baby become protected from diseases of the medium in which they live.
The amount of food an infant receives depends on the production of the mother. Some women do not have milk in the beginning while others have plenty of milk even before birth, if you do not have milk you can put the baby to suck your breast and this will encourage production.
During the first 2 or 3 days the baby can be fed with only 7 or 8 milliliters of colostrum. By the third day, when transition occurs in the production of colostrum milk; the baby will be feed by 30 to 60 milliliters so you can feed him in periods of 2 ½ to 3 hours.
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