Nipple stimulation

[Janie]

I am far from being an expert at this, but I was under the impression that your body knows when bub is born, and therefore knows to produce colostrum. For example, women who BF during pg still produce colostrum when the new baby is born. Please correct me if I'm wrong though.

DB, I agree with the PP about the stimulation not working until your body is ready. And doing it manually is probably more effective. Michael is probably right though, it likely won't hurt, you just may not get alot of benefit. And it won't hurt to become familiar with your breastpump, and how it all works. And if you do manage to express anything, you can freeze it for when bub arrives

[all girls]

Manual stimulation is rolling the nipple between the fingers, you don't necessarily have to express milk.

[Kazbah]

I know you're feeling hot, heavy, ungainly ... and you want the bub out.

Bubs will come when s/he is ready, the NS may help when s/he's ready but prolly not before.

Also keep in mind ... most first pregnancies go "past dates" !!!

Good luck Danni - hang in there, you'll be wishing soon enough you still had time to yourself!