Handling BreastMilk

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Collecting and Storing Breast Milk
• Use sterile glass bottles, plastic bottles or milk storage bags made for breast milk.
• Store breast milk in 2 to 5 ounce portions to avoid wasting breast milk.
• Breast milk from different pumpings can be added together if the milk is pumped during the same 24-hour day.
• Breast milk should be chilled as soon as possible after it is pumped.
• It is normal for pumped milk to vary in color and thickness.
• Stored milk separates into layers. Cream will rise to the top as the milk warms. Mix the milk layers before feeding.
• If you are not going to use the breast milk within 48 hours after pumping, freeze the milk.
• Always use freshly pumped milk first. Then use refrigerated or frozen milk by the oldest date first.
• If breast milk has a sour or strange smell, throw it away. If there is any doubt, do not use the milk.

Handling Fresh Breast Milk
• If you washed your hands well before pumping, fresh milk may remain at room temperature (no warmer than 77°F or 25°C) for use in 4 to 8 hours. If you are not going to use it, store it in the refrigerator as soon as possible.
• Refrigerate milk right away if the room, car or outside air temperature is above 77°F or 25°C. When you are away from home, use a lunch box size cooler with an ice pack to keep milk cool.

Breast Milk Storage
These guidelines are for a full-term, healthy baby. You may be given
different guidelines to follow.
• Fresh
Store at room temperature (no warmer than 77°F or 25°C) for use in 4 to 8 hours. If the temperature is higher, cool the milk right away. The milk can be stored in the refrigerator (32 to 39°F or 0 to 3.9°C) for 5 to 7 days.
• Frozen
Frozen milk can be stored for 3 months in the refrigerator freezer and 6 months in a deep freezer (0°F or –17.8°C).
Once thawed, frozen milk can be stored in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

Thawing Frozen Breast Milk
• Thaw frozen milk in a cup of warm water. This takes 5 to 10 minutes.
• You can also thaw frozen milk 8 to 12 hours or overnight in the refrigerator.
• Thawed milk can remain refrigerated but should be used within 24 hours.
• Do not thaw breast milk by sitting it on the counter at room temperature.
• Do not warm breast milk in a microwave oven. It can change the breast milk and reduce the quality of the milk. Microwave ovens heat the milk unevenly to cause a chance of burning your baby’s mouth.
• Do not refreeze thawed milk

Warming Breast Milk
• Remove the milk from the refrigerator just before using.
• Warm the milk by holding the container under warm running tap water or sit it in a bowl of warm water for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Rotate the bottle gently and test the warmth of the milk by placing a drop on the inside of your wrist before feeding your baby.
• Milk left over in the container after a feeding may be offered at the next feeding before discarding. Do not reheat milk that has been heated. Breast milk can safely stand at room temperature for 1 to 3 hours.
• Do not warm breast milk by sitting it on the counter at room temperature.
• Do not warm breast milk in a microwave oven. It can change the breast milk and reduce the quality of the milk. Microwave ovens heat the milk unevenly to cause a chance of burning your baby’s mouth.

Talk to your baby’s doctor or nurse if you have any questions or concerns.

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