This mom was shocked when her breastmilk turned bright pink
If you didn’t already know, your breastmilk is constantly changing to suit the needs of your baby. And depending on what’s going on in both of your bodies, it can even change colour, ranging between shades of bluish white, yellow, cream and even orange.
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6 magical ways that breastmilk changes to meet your baby?s needsBut there are some hues that are a bit out of that milky spectrum?and hot pink is definitely one of them.
Posting a fascinating photo in a closed Facebook group for Breastfeeders in Australia, a mom (who didn’t want to be identified) said she was feeding her 16-month-old daughter, when the toddler started to act unusually, pulling at her nipple saying, “More! More!” Because of her daughter’s tugging, she said some milk sprayed out, and she was shocked to notice that it was bright pink (or maybe more like magenta"). She expressed some into a bottle to see if the colour was consistent, and sure enough, she filled it with pink milk.
After the initial panic, she realized there was a simple explanation for the unusual colour: beets.
She had eaten a lot of the deeply pigmented vegetable throughout the day in many forms, including a juice, salad and just straight out of the can. “Sooooo...
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