Prenatal expression of Milk & Techniques of breast feeding

It is debatable whether prenatal expression of colostrum should be practiced. Expressing the breast milk during the last weeks of pregnancy allows the mother to get used to the handling of her breasts by the future baby. Thus, she learns a technique that might prove handy once breast-feeding has begun. It is claimed that the more the mother expresses her colostrums, the more ready will the breasts be to produce larger amounts of milk after childbirth. She should also learn to do manual expression by gently squeeze the skin above and below the nipple, avoiding the dark area with the forefinger and the thumb. This brings out a small amount of thick yellow material. In the beginning this may be difficult. But, with practice, this becomes easy. A few days after the birth of the baby her breasts get engorged. Unless she has initially expressed some milk, it becomes difficult for the baby to get his jaws around the nipple. Every pregnant mother should learn during the antenatal period how to bear down, how to relax and how to promote lactation, how to actually breast feed the baby and how to do burping else this will interfere in her from further feeding the infant on her breasts.