Blue Breast Milk Is Your Foremilk “It's Not Unusual for Foremilk, the Milk That Is Ejected During the First Few Minutes of a Feeding or Pumping Session, to...
Blue Breast Milk Is Your Foremilk
“It's not unusual for foremilk, the milk that is ejected during the first few minutes of a feeding or pumping session, to have a light blue to gray tinge due to its low fat content.” You shouldn't notice a blue tint later in a session.
Is blue breast milk good for babies?
"There is a wide range of normal when it comes to color for breast milk," says Hali Shields, a certified birth and postpartum doula, national board-certified health and wellness coach, and certified lactation education counselor. "Blueish, yellow, cream, orange are all normal and safe for baby."
Foremilk: In general, when the mature milk begins to flow out of your breast at the beginning of a feeding or pumping session, it is thinner and lower in fat. This milk is called the foremilk. Since foremilk is thin, it tends to look clear or bluish. 4
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