Reasons for discarding the colostrum

No.

%

    Difficult to digest, thick sticky

22

34.9

    Harmful for baby

12

19.0

    Customary

11

17.5

    Advised from hospital

7

11.1

    Colostrum is water & not milk

2

3.2

    Unable to tell reason

9

14.3

            n

63

100.0