what color is your breastmilk?

[sophrosune]

The books I have, when they mention it, say it is "milk-colored" (which doesn't really help but I assume means white) or sometimes bluish. But mine is yellowish. It's kinda gross looking.


Am I weird?

[lisashepp]

anything from clear to orange is considered normal!


and sometimes even green tint I have heard from someone eating something green!!


Perfectly normal-- nothing to worry about :)



Lisa

[mab]

PNVs made mine yellow. Anything that makes your pee yellow, makes your milk yellow.

[Butter]

agree with above...
mine is a thin watery white with a faint blue tint (with a white line of cream on top)

[Dogzilla]

My foremilk is watery/white with a blue tint. My hind milk is yellow like BUTTAH! :lol

[ArmyFnp]

Varried from the thin blue color to yellowish. I have also heard of the green but never had that happen. It always separated out when in the fridge and was just fine (at least DD thought so).

[SouthernTwinMama]

When my girls were born (10 weeks premature) it was very thick and very yellow. It look a lot like sweetened condensed milk. It had a very thick layer of fat on the top after sitting in the fridge.

About the time the got to their 40 week due date, it started to look more white.

By the time I stopped nursing at 8 months, it was white, and the foremilk was almost clear.

Now, almost 2 months after stopping, I can still express some milk and it's thick and more yellow, and sticky like colostrum.

[Clutterbug]

I once had some purty purple milk for a couple days... I was using GV for thrush. ;)