Warning! For hygiene reasons,
please note:
If breast milk is not used
immediately, you must seal the
filled breast milk container
firmly and store it in the
refrigerator or freeze it.
Use a suitable pen to write the
date and time you expressed
your milk on the breast milk
container or use labels. Make
sure you observe the storage
periods
information for handling breast
milk" on page 25.
11.2 Important information for handling breast milk
Breast milk
Freshly
At room temperature
expressed
Refrigerator (not in the door)
Refrigerator freezer compartment
Upright/chest freezer
Defrosted,
Refrigerator (not in the door)
unopened
Defrosted,
Refrigerator (not in the door)
opened
Defrosting
Gradually in refrigerator
milk
At room temperature followed by immediate
feeding
If you are in a hurry: Defrost the container of
breast milk under running water, cold or luke-
warm (max. 37 °C), then use straight away.
Warning! To ensure adequate
hygiene
transporting chilled breast milk
make sure that it stays chilled at
all times, or the milk could go off
and be harmful to your baby.
Use a cooler bag with ice packs,
for example.
Breast
defrosted in a microwave as
this
will
nutrients as well as causing
possible
material of the container, with a
possible
Uneven heating may result in
scalding!
Defrosted, reheated or unused
milk must be disposed of and
not refrozen.
in
"11.2 Important
Storage location
at
all
times:
milk
must
not
destroy
valuable
damage
to
risk
of
explosion.
Caution! To avoid any damage:
• Do not place the entire breast pump in
the refrigerator, just the breast milk
container 7 with the screw ring 10 and
sealing disc 13.
• When freezing breast milk, do not fill
the container with more than 150 ml
(5 fl.oz), because breast milk expands
as it freezes and the container might
burst.
The NUK Storage Bag for breast milk
also offers a space-saving solution for
freezing and storing your precious
breast milk.
1. To
attain
If
temperature of approx. 37 °C, place
the container of defrosted breast milk
in a NUK Baby Food Warmer.
Caution! The container must be
open to prevent a build-up of
pressure as the milk is warmed.
2. Before feeding, gently shake the milk
be
so the milk and the fat in it are mixed
well again.
3. If you express breast milk more than
once within a period of 24 hours, the
the
freshly expressed milk may be added
to already cooled breast milk under
the following conditions:
The temperatures must be the same
(cold on cold). Freshly expressed
milk must therefore be cooled first
before being added to milk that is
already cool.
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Storage periods
Max. 3-4 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
the
correct
feeding