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Q. I'm only 17 weeks along, and this is my first pregnancy - I'm wondering why and what this clear secretion is coming out of my breasts. Is this normal?

A. A clear to yellow discharge from the breasts is usually normal in pregnancy. It is colostrum, the first food for your baby. It is not anything to worry about. Some women have signs of colostrum sooner than others, or will have a lot of colostrum, or will have none visible--this is all normal...

Karen Klimsak-Ungar, CCE has been a certified childbirth educator for Birth Works® since 1996. She is currently Managing Editor for the Birth Works newsletter, sits on the Birth Works Board of Directors, and serves on their National Trainee Review Committee. A happily married mother of two, she also continues to teach Birth Works classes as well as private classes.

Karen will answer your questions on fertility, pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and babies. Her advice does not take the place of your practitioner. Personal answers will not always be possible.