How To Use Haakaa To Collect Colostrum

Has anyone used the haakaa for collecting prior to giving birth.

How to use haakaa to collect colostrum. Label your collector with the date and place in your container. Colostrum is extremely thick and you only make a few drops of it every few hours. Begin with hand expressing each breast for 10 15 minutes once a day during late pregnancy. I m currently 40 1 still waiting for my little one to come. My doctor has scared me out of doing it altogether because of the labor.

The combination of heat and salt should pull out the plug. Catch the drops of colostrum in your sterile colostrum collector from haakaa. 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. It seems there are a number of ways the haakaa can be useful to breastfeeding moms. Put them in the freezer until birth.

Colostrum is traditionally collected in single use syringes often made from harmful plastics. 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. 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. Our collector is made of 100 medical grade silicone which means it won t leach nasty toxins and can be safely stored in. I ve been using the haakaa since 38 weeks since i ve been leaking a lot.

On the brightside i was able to collect over 25 ounces of colostrum to use when baby gets here. Others use it mainly to relieve engorgement. While you can definitely start using your haakaa immediately you are unlikely to collect much in your haakaa until your milk fully comes in after a few days postpartum. Attach the haakaa to the affected breast and let it sit for about 10 minutes.