Colostrum is the first milk that is ejected in the first 3-4 days from the breast of the mother. It is thick, small in amount, yellow in colour. It contains less fat, more carbohydrate and protein. It is rich in antibodies esp IgA and contains leucocytes.
Colostrum is tailored to the need of the newborn baby. It contains the substances that are required for a baby in her early days.
It is the first vaccine of the baby. It protects her from different organisms.
It soften the stool. So helps her motion.
Colostrum should not be rejected. A new mother should feed her baby 8-10 times or more.It will stimulate her milk secretion and prevent the breast engorgement.
There is a tendency among the mothers to reject it. That is not scientific. Sometimes it is labelled as witch milk and reject it but that is absolutely superstition.
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