Colostrum, a treasure
Many cultures have considered —and some still do— that colostrum is useless or bad and should therefore be avoided. In these cases, the baby is left for several hours, sometimes days, without eating anything at all or is fed with traditional preparations. But nothing could be further from the truth, since colostrum is a unique food adapted to the specific needs of a newborn baby. Colostrum begins to occur between 12-16 weeks of pregnancy and sometimes its presence is…
