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Breast milk storage: Do's and don'ts Breast milk storage can be confusing. By Mayo Clinic Staff. Thank you for Subscribing Our Housecall e-newsletter will keep you up-to-date on the latest health information. Please try again. Something went wrong on our side, please try again. Show references Your guide to breastfeeding. Office on Women's Health. The cream will rise to the top of the milk during storage. Gently swirl milk do not shake to mix before checking temperature and offering to baby.
If baby does not finish milk at one feeding , it is probably safe to refrigerate and offer within hours before it is discarded. Want to print the above information? Go to Quick Reference Card. What are the LLLI guidelines for storing my pumped milk?
Storing and transporting breast milk from AskDrSears. Freezing Your Breastmilk by Paula Yount. Breastfeed Med. Breastfeeding and the working mother: effect of time and temperature of short-term storage on proteolysis, lipolysis, and bacterial growth in milk. More journal articles on milk storage. Talk with your child care provider about how they require breast milk be stored and labeled. Store breast milk in small batches. Any remaining breast milk left in a bottle after your baby is finished with a feeding should be used within 2 hours, or, if quickly refrigerated, used for the next feeding.
You can always thaw an extra container if needed. Refrigerate or chill milk right after it is expressed. It is best to use refrigerated breast milk within 4 days, but it can be refrigerated for up to 8 days.
To warm breast milk from the refrigerator: Place the bottle in a bowl of warm water or run it under warm water. Microwaving breast milk is not safe due to the risk of scalding your baby with hot milk. Freeze breast milk if you will not be using it within 24 hours. Breast milk expands as it freezes, so do not fill the milk all the way to the top of the storage container.
Again store the milk in the back of the freezer, not the door. To thaw breast milk from the freezer: Put the bottle or bag in the refrigerator overnight, hold it under warm running water, or set it in a container of warm water. Breast milk that's been cooled in the fridge can be carried in a cool bag with ice packs for up to 24 hours. Storing breast milk in small quantities will help avoid waste. If you're freezing it, make sure you label and date it first.
It's best to defrost frozen breast milk slowly in the fridge before giving it to your baby. If you need to use it straight away, you can defrost it by putting it in a jug of warm water or holding it under running warm water. Once it's defrosted, give it a gentle shake if it has separated. Use it straight away. Do not re-freeze milk that's been defrosted. Once your baby has drunk from a bottle of breast milk it should be used within 1 hour and anything left over should be thrown away.
You can feed expressed milk straight from the fridge if your baby is happy to drink it cold. Or you can warm the milk to body temperature by putting the bottle in a jug of warm water or holding it under running warm water. Do not use a microwave to heat up or defrost breast milk. This can cause hot spots, which can burn your baby's mouth. If you're expressing breast milk because your baby is premature or sick, ask the hospital staff caring for your baby for advice on how to store it.
Read more about breastfeeding a premature or sick baby. The Bliss website also has advice about expressing milk for a premature or sick baby.
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