breast milk

What should breast milk look like?
Mine looks really greasy.

[Renee Radenberg]

Breast milk changes with the feeding. The first milk, called foremilk, is rich in protein. As the baby continues to suck, the breast milk (hind milk) becomes rich in fat. What you described as your breast milk maybe the end of the feeding hind milk. Breast milk usually looks watery, almost like skim milk, with a gray to yellow color. The mother’s food intake does affect the breast milk too. It is important to eat healthy during breast-feeding, as you did during your pregnancy.
Thank you for your question.