Breast milk can come in different colours. Yellow Blue White Clear Pink Purple Green There is 3 kinds of breast milk that generally produces these colours. Colostrom (yellow), Foremilk (blue, green, purple, watering looking), Hindmilk (white, pink, creamy looking), Foremilk is the milk that lies in the front of your breasts milk producing cells (alveoli); this is the first milk that your little one drinks during a breastfeeding session. This milk is watery when compared to hind milk and is usually bluish in color. Foremilk is also abundant in carbohydrates, protein and vitamins. Hindmilk is the milk further back in your breasts milk producing cells (alveoli). It is calorie loaded and has a much higher fat percentage. It also looks thicker and darker in color. So what is the difference between Foremilk and Hindmilk? When the milk is produced, it passes the alveoli (milk producing cells). Most of the fat in the milk then sticks to the back and sides of the alveoli (the fatty hindmilk), while the rest of the milk collects in the front of the alveoli (less fatty foremilk). So, the fat gets stuck further back in the breasts alveoli, and this is what causes the large difference between the milk at the beginning of a feed and the milk at the end. The fat content in the milk increases gradually during a feed as the fat globules are released from the alveoli. The longer Mom waits between feedings, the more foremilk is allowed to collect and the longer it will take before Baby receives the hindmilk. The high lactose level found in the foremilk is important for energy and brain development and also quenches Baby’s thirst. The hind milk is important for growth and helps Baby feel full.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:07:42 +0000
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