Bringing Colostrum to Hospital

A few of us in my mum group did this and honestly it was such a good move, most started harvesting around 36 to 37 weeks and brought the syringes in a small cooler bag to the hospital, labelled with the date. One mum friend managed to collect about 70ml by the time she went in for her induction at 37 weeks, which I thought was really impressive, though most of us got much smaller amounts and that is perfectly fine too. The hospital staff here are generally quite used to receiving colostrum syringes, so just let your midwife or nurse know when you arrive and they will store it properly for you. I would say just bring whatever you have, even a few syringes of a couple of ml each is worth it, because every drop counts especially in those first hours when baby needs it most.