Important Notes For Handling Breast Milk - NUK LUNA Instrucciones De Uso

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11.2 Important notes for handling breast milk

Breast milk
Freshly At room temperature
expressed
Refrigerator (not in door)
Refrigerator freezer compartment
Upright/chest freezer
Defrosted, Refrigerator (not in door)
unopened
Defrosted, Refrigerator (not in door)
opened
Defrosting milk Gradually in refrigerator
At room temperature followed by immediate
feeding
If time is short, defrost container with breast milk in
lukewarm water (max. 37°C), then feed
immediately.
• Caution! If transporting chilled breast
milk make sure that it stays chilled at
all times, otherwise the milk could go
off and be harmful to your baby. Use a
cooler bag with ice packs, for example.
• Caution! Do not use a microwave to
defrost breast milk, as this can destroy
valuable nutrients and damage the
container material (risk of explosion).
Uneven heating may result in scalding!
• To achieve the
temperature of approx. 37 °C, put the
container of defrosted breast milk in
the baby food warmer.
The container must be open to
Note:
prevent pressure build-up as the milk
warms up.
• Shake the milk gently before feeding
so that milk and milk fat are properly
mixed again.
• Defrosted, warmed or unused milk
must be disposed of and not refrozen.
• If you express breast milk more than
once within a period of 24 hours, the
Storage location
• Consult your health visitor, midwife,
correct drinking
• You can find more information about
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Storage periods
Max. 6-8 hours
72 hours at 4 °C
2 weeks
6 months at –18 °C
24 hours at 4 °C
12 hours at 4 °C
Approx. 24 hours at
4 °C
freshly expressed milk may be added
to the previously cooled breast milk.
However freshly expressed milk must
be cooled down before being added
to milk that is already cool. The
temperatures must be the same
(cold on cold).
doctor or pharmacist for detailed
information about long-term storage.
breastfeeding on our NUK website
(www.nuk.com).