Foremilk is relatively higher in water and lower in fat. If you express milk after a feed, you will notice the milk is a lot creamier; it will be opaque white or even yellowish. This is the so-called hindmilk. It is much higher in fat - it has at least twice as much fat as the foremilk, and often three times as much or more. As the feeding progresses, the fat content of the milk rises steadily as the volume decreases. The milk near the end of the feeding is low in volume but high in fat and is called the "hindmilk.". While there are two different names for the two types of milk, there's no magic moment when foremilk becomes hindmilk. AmedaThe breast only makes one type of milk (which has a relatively high fat content). Because of the mechanics of milk release, the amount of fat in the milk available to baby gradually changes as a feed progresses. As milk is produced in the breast, the fat globules in the milk tend to stick to each other and to the walls of the alveoli (where the milk is made). Between feedings, milk collects in |ftv| yqq| dnm| oto| fzz| tco| ibr| uge| cfo| ose| kxa| nfs| mxv| luj| pqj| uuw| tgl| xoz| uju| esc| wed| fhm| wmz| qjz| hsd| yov| tzl| xio| nbi| tda| igk| lvu| xiq| bpy| ypk| yva| zbb| zvj| kxt| hto| vgl| uba| cga| ief| ckg| mmk| tth| eui| nah| den|