🌟 Hand expressing technique for antenatal colostrum harvesting or early days hand expressing breastmilk. 🌟 key points: - massage, stroke your breasts before you even begin to express, this helps you to boost the oxytocin which will help you to release the milk. - using your thumbs and index finger, rhythmically and gently press - don’t roll your nipple or pinch the end of your nipple, use as much pressure as feels comfortable. 🌟 If you have any questions feel free to pop them below! 🤱Sarah M

🌟 Hand expressing for antenatal colostrum harvesting or early days hand expressing breastmilk-should only be done by you-or someone that you are in love with ❤️ 🌟 A stranger will struggle to get milk out of you, won’t know how much pressure to use and may end up bruising you. 🌟 I know there will be comments saying that someone in the hospital did this for you and it worked/they got milk out better than you could etc- but for the vast majority of women it won’t work at all, and you can’t take