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emz 
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Posted: 07 August 2007 at 5:13pm |
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I noticed my breasts started leaking colostrum about 1 week ago (at 17.5 weeks), but in everything I've read it said it shouldn't really start until 20/21 weeks. Can someone tell me if this is normal, or is it quite early? I'm never too sure about my dates even though a scan at 12weeks said EDD 4 Jan, going by LMP its 14 Dec, and m/w thinks baby will come somewhere in the middle.
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 07 August 2007 at 7:25pm |
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Totally normal. If it is leaking enough to start showing through get some breast pads to put in your bra now (if they are I would go the washable way - will save you heaps in he long run).
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Posted: 07 August 2007 at 7:58pm |
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Don't worry about it. Like becks said get some washable breast pads, they are cheap. I thought I wasn't leaking enough to show through clothes then one random day I had a wet spot on my top.. luckily I was at work not home, otherwise how embarrassing! hehe
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Posted: 07 August 2007 at 8:19pm |
 kebakat wrote:
then one random day I had a wet spot on my top.. luckily I was at work not home, otherwise how embarrassing! hehe |
I'm sure you meant the other way around 
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emz
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Posted: 07 August 2007 at 9:41pm |
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Thanks for the tips, kind of didn't know if it should be happening this early. Will talk to my m/w when I see her on saturday too. And thanks for the PM about where to get breastpads Becks, I'm all for saving money!
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Posted: 07 August 2007 at 9:46pm |
Thats cool, I am too, the student in me  does it the cheap way all the time.
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Posted: 07 August 2007 at 11:00pm |
Hi emz. I was exactly the same. Started leaking about around 15-16 weeks and just about fell over with shock!. I thought you didn't start leaking until your were 30+ weeks! Mine actually continued throughout the pregnancy and was never a major problems I got some washable pads from honeychild (fuzzibunz) that are fantastic!
My m/w told me when it started that it probably meant I would have a good milk supply and boy was that true, so there is definitley a bright side
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Posted: 08 August 2007 at 8:30am |
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I started leaking early to but i didnt leak enough till the end for me to ahve to get breast pads.
i dont read to much into what i read about when things should and shouldnt be happening etc cuase we're all different.
I agree with it meaning a good milk supply with Haleigh I didnt leak til towards the end and I didnt have alot but this time round I noticed I was forever full and I still leak every now and then, but I couldve noticed it more cause I wasnt able to feed him.
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