I was told you do produce "milk" just that it is the right kind of milk for
a premmie which is often rich in colostrum as well. at day 3 with my twins
(34weeks) I was pumping 10oz + a sitting. I could have fed all the babies in
the nursery!

Cheri
"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
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My guess would be that her milk hasn't come in and she's still getting
colostrum, which would be expected since the babies aren't anywhere near
their due date yet. Alli was almost 2 months old before I started getting
really mature milk and before I really started to get engorged, and she
wasn't nearly as "preemie" as these little ones were. Remember, she was
only
a bit over halfway through the pregnancy. Not only were the babies born
prematurely, but normally she wouldn't have had to produce milk for
several
months yet either. Once I started getting mature milk, I could easily
pump
12+ oz at a sitting until my supply regulated itself a few months later,
but
those first weeks where I wasn't getting "milk" exactly yet were tough.
And
that was with a much older preemie. I remember calling my LC at one point
in
tears because I was only getting about 12-15 oz a day, and having her
tell
me that was actually a LOT of colostrum.

really? I always thought that milk production was triggered by the removal
of the placenta and that it comes in after a similar time regardless of
when the placenta is removed, which is why mums with late losses often
have their milk come in and the engorgement is similar to a full term mum
who isn't breastfeeding, but having not been though it I probably don't
understand all the factors, sorry to ask this, but what happened to you
milkwise after Brian? The only data point I have is a friend who had 34
week twins, and she produced gallons.

Cheers

Anne