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Health Check: is it safe to express milk before giving birth?

  • Written by Lisa Amir, Associate Professor in Breastfeeding Research, La Trobe University
imageSome women, especially with diabetes, are recommended to express milk while still pregnant and to save it for their newborn. But it's not for everyone.from www.shutterstock.com

Late in their pregnancies, some women notice colostrum (early milk) leaking from their nipples.

Some hospitals are advising women to collect this milk in the last weeks of...

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