Due Date Calc. She is the founder and owner of Mother and Me, a small chain of maternity and nursing retail stores and breastfeeding centers that provide services to breastfeeding mothers. Mother and Me provides lactation support programs for numerous major corporations nationwide. New questions and answers will be added to this page regularly. While Ms. Friedman cannot respond to each individual inquiry, we will post answers to the most common questions here.
All mammals produce milk for their young.
The composition of human breast milk is continually changing. From the first few days of colostrum to extended breast feeding, breast milk changes to meet the growing needs of the infant. Breast milk is higher in immunoglobulins and protein the first several weeks and changes to a more diluted state by six weeks. In the later months of breastfeeding, the fat content decreases. The mother passes many antibodies to her fetus via the placenta and to her newborn baby via colostrum and breast milk.