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Storing & Feeding Breastmilk
STORE
• Store breast milk in storage bags made for freezing human milk or clean glass or hard BPA-free plastic bottles
with tight tting lids. Do not use containers with the number 7 which may contain BPA. Do not use disposable
bottle liners or other plastic bags to store breast milk.
• Label milk with date and baby' s name if delivering to childcare.
• After each pumping session you can:
• Keep milk at room temperature. Breast milk is safe for up to 4 hours at room temperature (up to 77ºF)
after pumping.
• Refrigerate it. Breast milk is safe in the refrigerator for up to four days.
• Place milk in the freezer. If you do not plan to use milk within four days of pumping, freeze right away.
• Use cooler packs. You can store breast milk in an insulated cooler with frozen ice packs for up to 24 hours
after pumping. Store in refrigerator or freezer after 24 hours.
• Do not store milk on the door of the refrigerator or freezer.
• Freeze milk in small amounts of 2 to 4 ounces to avoid waste when warming.
• Breastmilk expands when frozen. Leave a little space at the top of your container. Wait to tighten caps until milk
is completely frozen.
THAW
• Always thaw and use the oldest milk rst.
• Thaw milk under warm running water, in a container of warm water, in the refrigerator overnight, or in breast
milk warming machine.
• Never thaw milk in the microwave. Microwaving destroys nutrients baby needs, and hot spots created in the
microwave can burn baby' s mouth.
• Use milk within 24 hours of thawing.
• Use thawed or warmed milk within two hours.
• Never refreeze thawed milk.
FEED
• To heat milk, place the sealed container under warm running water, in a container of warm water, or in
breast milk warming machine.
• Do not heat milk on the stove or in the microwave.
• Test the temperature before feeding it to your baby by putting a few drops on your wrist.
• Swirl the milk, mixing the fat back into the milk.
• Leftover milk should not be used after two hours.
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