If you’re my dad, my brother, or my boss, please stop reading and move along because we’re definitely talking about my boobs. By which I mean to say, Ladies and gentlemen, WE HAVE COLOSTRUM.
Tonight while examining my breasts (What? I’m pregnant! This is normal behavior!) I discovered that I am officially leaking colostrum. It took a little practice but I managed to hand express a few drops to prove to myself that it wasn’t a fluke and I am in fact producing what will become my babies’ first food outside the womb.
I don’t know the words to express how exciting this is. Other women in my due date group on Facebook have been reporting leakage for weeks, and I was starting to feel like a late bloomer despite the fact that I’m proud to have one of the most gigantic stomachs of the whole group. They’re all leaking and they’ve lost their mucous plugs and are just generally progressing like freight trains, and I’m sitting around watching my belly expand while basically nothing else happens AT ALL.
Now I realize that whether you leak colostrum before birth is absolutely no indication of whether you will be successful in breastfeeding, but let’s face it: It’s kind of reassuring to know that my boobs at least appear to be doing what they’re supposed to. These weird pregnancy symptoms — the ones that don’t involve prolonged puking, that is — are so very exciting. I cannot wait to feed my babies!!!