foremilk

• Nom désignant le colostrum liquide et aqueux sécrété par les glandes mammaires dans les premiers jours après l'accouchement, avant la montée du lait mature.

A noun referring to the thin, watery, milky fluid secreted by the mammary glands during the first day or two after childbirth, before the production of mature milk.

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1. Early breast milkB2formalmedical

   The thin, watery milk that is produced at the beginning of a breastfeeding session, before the richer hindmilk.

   Premier lait

   • The baby drank the foremilk first before getting to the richer hindmilk.
   • Foremlik is lower in fat but higher in lactose than hindmilk.
   • Some mothers worry about foremilk-hindmilk imbalance.