Warm your container of breastmilk by placing it in warm water. Gently swirl the bottle or container, and test the temperature of the milk before feeding your baby. The temperature should be lukewarm or around body temperature. It can also result in hot spots, which can burn a baby. All manual breast pump parts and detachable parts of electric breast pumps that come into contact with breastmilk need to be thoroughly washed and stored in a clean, closed container after each use.
Wash the breast pump parts in a clean wash basin using warm soapy water and rinse well. Do not place the pump parts directly in the sink. Air-dry parts or dry parts with clean paper towel. Store covered until next use. Clean the wash basin and bottle brush well. Baby bottles, teats and storage containers for breastmilk should be thoroughly washed, rinsed and then sterilised before use until your baby is 12 months old.
You can read more about cleaning and sterilising bottle-feeding equipment. They should also provide somewhere your expressed breastmilk can be safely stored until you can take it home.
You can find more info on your rights at work for breastfeeding mothers at Maternity Action. For her thesis, she investigated breast milk removal during breast pumping, which hormones play a role in milk flow and how mothers, nurses and doctors can be better informed about breastfeeding.
She now works as a Research Associate at Medela in Switzerland. Spatz, D et al. Human milk for the premature infant. Underwood, M. Pediatr Clin North Am. Published online Oct The possible role of human milk nucleotides as sleep inducers. Cristina L. Nutritional Neuroscience Volume 12, Issue 1 4. NHS guidelines on expressing and storing breastmilk. In the first 4 weeks, you and your baby work together to initiate and build your milk supply. Pumping is, however, really helpful — now or later — if you need to be apart from your baby any time.
Can I express to increase my milk supply? How do I hand-express breastmilk? When the flow slows down, move your fingers around to a different part of your breast and start the squeezing process again We think the beginning of this Australian video from the private Epworth Health Centre in Victoria has some great graphics that show you very clearly how to hand express. It all depends on your milk-flow pattern, says Danielle.
Conversely, a mother who has many or late let-downs may need to pump for 15 minutes or longer to drain her breast thoroughly. It also changes throughout the day.
So, you may find your baby needs more milk at some feeds and less at others. This is normal. This is what they have been doing whilst feeding at your breast anyway.
There are a few methods to feed your baby expressed breast milk. The most common is, of course, via a bottle. The Medela Calma feeding device is designed to help babies use the same sucking mechanism on the bottle as they do whilst they breastfeed.
Some mums may choose to cup feed their baby from early on. Older babies can actually feed from a sippy cup from around months. Therefore, they do not always need to be introduced to a bottle. Of course, some mums need to introduce a bottle as they are going back to work earlier than 6 months.
If your baby will not take a bottle and this is the way you would like to feed them, you can find some more helpful hints here. Check out this post to get everything you need to know about which is the right pump for you based on your expressing needs. Follow this link to gain more insight into the importance of using the correct breast shields and measuring your nipples! Here is all the information you need to know on storing, thawing and using your expressed breast milk.
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