Patient's question:
My little baby was just born a few days ago, but the breast milk is yellow in color. Many people say they've never seen milk like this. When I had my older daughter, I didn't have breast milk, but now I do, and it's yellow in color. I don't know why. Can this breast milk be given to the baby to eat? Urgent!Past Treatment and Effects: Yellow breast milk
Desired Help: Can it be given to the baby?
Doctor's answer:
At first, the breast milk was cloudy and salty, then it turned yellow and cloudy, and eventually became yellow milk. It takes about a week for it to turn white, and it is all safe for the baby to drink.Colostrum refers to the milk produced within 2 to 3 days after childbirth. After giving birth, hormonal levels in the mother's body change, and the breasts begin to secrete milk. However, milk production involves a gradual change in both quality and quantity. Generally, milk produced within the first 2 to 3 days after birth is called colostrum, milk produced between days 4 and 10 is called transitional milk, milk produced from day 11 to 9 months is called mature milk, and milk produced after 10 months is called late milk.
The quality and quantity changes in breast milk are perfectly suited to the newborn's digestive and absorption needs. Colostrum contains fat-laden lymphocytes acquired through phagocytosis, as well as milk gland cells and fragments of cells from ducts, along with nuclei. Due to the high content of calcium phosphate, calcium chloride, and other salts in colostrum, it has a mild laxative effect, and it is also higher in calories than mature milk.
After childbirth, when the corpus luteum hormone from the placenta ceases to act, the role of prolactin begins, and milk secretion starts.