If parents want the child to continue to eat breast milk, but the mother does not succeed, then you can resort to expressing and storing milk.

Can expressed milk be stored?

Breast milk is a valuable product for crumbs, so treat the process of pumping and storage should be very responsible.

  • Before starting manual pumping or a breast pump, a woman's breasts and nipples should be washed with warm water (preferably boiled);
  • Expression is carried out in a specially prepared and sterile container. To date, plastic containers and glass are offered, which can be purchased at pharmacies;
  • Before buying a container for storing milk, you should determine the shelf life. For example, for long-term storage, you need to use special plastic bags that can be conveniently put in the freezer.

Methods for storing breast milk

The rules for storing breast milk depends on how long it needs to be stored. There are two ways to store milk so that it does not lose its beneficial properties:

  1. Cooling.
  2. Freezing

The first method is suitable for short shelf life. For example, mommy cannot be with her baby during one of the regimen feeding. In this case, after decantation, breast milk should be placed in the refrigerator. In this condition, it can be stored for no more than 24 hours.

The second method is perfect for long-term storage. In the freezer, milk will not lose its beneficial properties for 3 months. A working mother can safely stock up on enough breast milk. And do not worry that her baby is eating improperly.

Natural nutrition is the most useful for the baby, so you should not only store it correctly, but also warm it up. Compliance with the rules of heating will save all the useful vitamins and trace elements contained in milk.

  • Heat the water in a saucepan to 70 ° C;
  • Remove the container of breast milk from the refrigerator;
  • Dip a bottle of milk in hot water and let stand until 37 ° C.

After that, you should drip warmed milk on your wrist to make sure the temperature.

How to warm breast milk after freezing?

Frozen breast milk should be removed from the chamber and left for 2 hours at room temperature. After the milk reaches a liquid state, heat it in hot water or in a special electric heater.

The electrical appliance most suitable for the proper heating of milk. It can be set to the required temperature and immerse the bottle inside. After heating, the electric heater will turn itself off, thereby overheating can be easily avoided.

Shelf life of breast milk

  • If breast milk is stored at room temperature, then it must be used within 5-6 hours after decantation;
  • In the refrigerator, the storage of milk is not more than 12 hours;
  • In the freezer for more than 2 months.

Storage of milk during walks and trips

Many parents prefer to travel a lot or stroll on duty in the street, where breastfeeding is impossible for any reason. However, violating the baby's feeding schedule is not recommended. For these reasons, milk can be pre-decanted and taken with you for a walk.

In the summer, milk must be stored in a special bag. In it, the temperature of the milk will hold the required temperature for several hours. If necessary, get a bottle of milk and feed the baby. However, in such a bag, the storage of milk should not exceed 8 hours.

In winter, you can use a thermos. Thermos does not allow milk to cool and feeding can be carried out at any time, in a convenient place.

Some caring parents worry that milk can cool and pre-heat it to a hot state. This is not recommended, due to the growth of bacteria and the loss of healthy vitamins.

How to recognize spoiled milk?

Fresh breast milk has a sweet and pleasant smell. Color ranges from clear white to deep white. Liquid state without impurities and precipitation.

If mom has doubts about the suitability of milk, then its smell should be determined. If a sour smell is felt, then milk should not be given crumbs. In addition, the state of condensation can speak of its corruption, that is, it is already starting to curl up and is not recommended for use.

How to track the timing of expressed milk?

After the birth of the baby, mothers have a lot of responsibilities. This is the care of the baby, feeding, games. Therefore, it is not always possible to remember the exact time when the milk was sent for storage.

Before sending breast milk for storage to the freezer, the date and time of pumping should be noted on each container for timely use. Even if Mommy suggests that she should use it on the same day, the date and time must be indicated on the container.

For proper development and growth, the baby needs only high-quality and fresh nutrition. That is, for expressed breast milk, all norms and rules of storage must be observed. Incorrect storage can harm the baby's health.

  1. Breast milk cannot be stored on the refrigerator door. With constant opening, a regular temperature is not kept on the door, and, therefore, the milk begins to deteriorate and become unusable. The best place to store is the middle shelf in the refrigerator.
  2. Store milk in tightly closed containers. When air enters, pathogenic microbes can develop.
  3. Do not overheat milk. The heating temperature should not exceed 40 ° C. At high temperatures, all useful trace elements and vitamins disappear and milk is not recommended for a child.
  4. All dishes must be sterile.

Which container is better to choose?

In order for expressed milk not to lose its useful properties, it is necessary to select tight and sterile dishes.

To date, a large assortment of utensils for storage is offered:

  • Plastic containers;
  • Glass;
  • Plastic bags.

For storage of milk in the freezer, the most convenient plastic bags. They hermetically close and take up little space in the freezer. However, it can be used only once.

Glass and plastic containers are also very convenient. They tightly close and after use they can be washed and used further.

Which dishes to choose depends on the choice of the parent.

Can breast milk be stored without a refrigerator?

Sometimes it happens that a mother is forced to go to work and cannot feed her child on time. However, milk arrives and needs to be decanted to avoid stagnation in the milk ducts. But the company does not always have a refrigerator to preserve milk for future use.

In such a situation, if mom wants to work and feed her baby with breast milk, you should buy a refrigerator bag. It is possible to store milk in such a bag for a long time and not worry that it will deteriorate. Moreover, all its useful properties are fully preserved.

Studies have shown that breast milk contains a natural preservative that prevents milk from deteriorating at room temperature for 4-5 hours.

During breastfeeding, some face a shortage of milk and begin to introduce various mixtures into the lure. However, this can be avoided with expressed milk.

During good lactation, you can express excess milk and store it in the freezer. When there is a decrease in lactation, and the baby does not have enough milk, it can be fed for previously prepared food.

Strained milk can be taken with you on long trips and walks. And when the baby wants to eat, just warm it up in accordance with the recommendations.

In addition, if you plan a long separation with your baby, expressed milk is a reliable way to feed healthy and vitamin-rich milk without resorting to artificial mixtures.

  • Composition of breast milk
  •    Decantation
  • Storage

    • Many mothers resort to expressing and preserving breast milk. Some do this from time to time, leaving a portion of expressed milk to the crumbs for a short absence, while others express milk for the future regularly, knowing that they will have to go away for a long time and provide the baby with the most valuable food for him. In any case, information on how to store breast milk after decantation will be useful to most mothers.

    Options

    A nursing mother can express herself at work because, even at room temperature, breast milk will not go bad for ten hours. Such milk can be given to the child after returning home or frozen.

    To extend the storage of milk expressed at work, if there is no ordinary refrigerator nearby, mom can take on a cooler bag or an ordinary thermos bottle that is cooled at home shortly before going out (pour ice into the thermos and pour it before placing it in the milk container).


       A thermal bag with breast milk will be a real salvation if the baby goes for a long walk without mom

    If you are going to feed the baby with your expressed milk in the next two days, it is preferable to store the product in the refrigerator. In this case, you will not need to defrost it. In addition, the immune factors in such milk are stored in greater quantities than in frozen milk.


       Storing milk in the refrigerator is an ideal way if your absence does not exceed 2 days

    If you are procuring milk that you plan to give your baby in the future (in two days or more), then freezing of breast milk is an appropriate way of storage.

    What to store - container options

    Express milk only in a clean container.To store milk for a long time, you will need containers that are tightly closed. They can be made of both glass and plastic. The material of the storage container does not affect the qualitative composition of human milk.

    Such containers can be represented:

    • bottles
    • glasses
    • containers
    • packages.

    When choosing a container for breast milk, it is important to consider the ease of its use. So, special plastic bags are able to directly connect to the breast pump and take up less space in the freezer. Such bags are made from a rather dense material and are sold sterilized. They usually have a place where they record the date the milk was harvested.


       Special bags for breast milk are very convenient to use and take up little space

    Do not freeze breast milk in disposable bottle liners. They have fragile seams that can open during freezing. If you do not have other containers, use two liners at once together and do not store milk in such containers for a long time.

    Take a walk

    To capture expressed breast milk for a walk, you can use a thermos bottle or a thermobag. The use of such things is very convenient for mothers who have planned a long walk, during which the baby may be hungry, and there may be no opportunity to breastfeed.

       Thermos for breast milk - a convenient solution for long walks, where there is no way to breastfeed the baby

       Thermos for bottles - a solution that will suit you until the end of breastfeeding, because in a thermos you need to change the pacifier, adapting to the needs of the baby

    • The optimal volume for freezing is 60-120 ml.   Such a volume can be used for one or two feedings and not pour out unused product, since thawed milk cannot be put back in the freezer.
    • You can add fresh chilled milk to an already frozen product if the volume of fresh milk is less than the volume of the frozen portion.
    • Do not store expressed breast milk on the refrigerator door. Place milk containers inside the main camera of the device in the coldest place. Storage temperature of milk should be stable.
    • Milk should also be placed in the freezer at the far wall.

    A large supply of frozen milk should be created with a long absence of mom. In other cases, let up to 5 servings of the product be stored in the freezer, since fresh milk from mom is still healthier.

    If you don’t get one full portion when decanting, put it in the refrigerator. The next time after decanting, simply add capacity. Please note that this must be done within 24 hours.

    Expiration dates

    Type of milk

    Where is stored

    Storage temperature

    Storage duration

    Colostrum

    Indoors without a refrigerator

    From + 19 ° С to + 22 ° С

    Indoors without a refrigerator or outdoors

    Indoors without a refrigerator

    From + 19 ° С to + 22 ° С

    Indoors without a refrigerator

    4 to 6 hours

    In the fridge

    From 0 ° С to + 4 ° С

    On the freezer shelf of the refrigerator, which does not close the door

    Up to 2 weeks

    In the freezer compartment of the refrigerator with a separate door

    From -13 ° C to -18 ° C

    Up to 3 months

    In a deep-freezer (separate)

    6 months and more

    Thawed

    In the fridge

    From 0 ° С to + 4 ° С

    Thawed

    Indoors without a refrigerator

    From + 19 ° С to + 22 ° С

    If the shelf life expires or more than half the time has passed, you can not increase the shelf life by changing its method. For example, if the milk has stood in the refrigerator for more than a day, it can no longer be frozen.

    Signs of spoiled milk

    If you have not expressed before, you may be surprised at the external differences between breast milk and cow's milk. When milk stands, breast milk is divided into the upper fat layer and the lower liquid. This is not a sign of a spoiled product, and as soon as you shake the container, the milk will again have a uniform consistency.


       The heterogeneity of breast milk should not scare you, when shaking the layers will mix

    How to store expressed breast milk? How long can it stay at room temperature? How much can be stored in the refrigerator and freezer? How to prepare it for feeding? Features of the use of the product "in reserve" in the research of American specialists.

    From time to time, every mother is faced with the need to express and store breast milk. It happens that you need to leave the baby for several hours or a day to go to college, to work. Due to illness and medication incompatible with breastfeeding, breastfeeding should be stopped for several days or even weeks.

    But in no situation do experts talk about the complete cessation of breastfeeding. Natural feeding can be replaced by pumping with hands or a breast pump. In the future, the product can be stored and used for its intended purpose.

    Temperature mode

    Where to store expressed breast milk depends on how quickly you plan to use it. It can be stored at room temperature, in the refrigerator and freezer. Choose the appropriate option if necessary.

    At room temperature

    In 1987, American scientists conducted a study on how long it can be to store expressed breast milk at room temperature. For him, mature breast milk was used (it is excreted 2 weeks after birth and before the end of lactation). It was divided into portions of the same volume and poured into clean vessels.

    One portion was left indoors at a temperature of 22 ° C, the other was placed in the refrigerator. After 10 hours, the researchers measured the level of development of pathogenic microflora. And they found out that in both samples this level turned out to be equally insignificant. This study allowed us to consider that at room temperature the shelf life of breast milk is 10 hours, without the risk of deterioration in its quality characteristics.

    The duration of storage in the room depends on the air temperature. So at a temperature of 15 ° C, the safe period is up to 24 hours. If the level is average, you can leave the product without cooling for 10 hours. Raising the air temperature to 25 ° C reduces the duration of safe storage up to six hours.


    In fridge

    In the case of a prolonged absence of the mother or, if necessary, to feed the baby the next day, storage of breast milk in the refrigerator is allowed. At a temperature of 0-4 ° C, its valuable qualities will be maintained for eight days. It is important to consider the following features of the preservation of the product.

    • Sign containers. You should clearly know when each portion is collected.
    • Use sterilized containers. This largely determines how much breast milk can be stored in the refrigerator. In a sterile container, the period will be maximum. If an improperly prepared container has been used, the product may turn sour faster.
    • Keep away from doors. Storage of the product on the door shelves is not allowed, as regular temperature fluctuations are observed in this zone. Place the bottles on the back of the refrigerator where the temperature is constant.

    During storage in the refrigerator, breast milk changes visually and to taste. It is stratified: fat fractions move upward, “water” remains below. This type does not indicate a deterioration in the quality of the product. Shake it enough to restore uniformity.

    But the taste may be unexpected - from a sweet one, it transforms into a “soapy” one. Some babies do not pay attention to this, others refuse to eat. If your child does not want to consume chilled milk, try to provide it with fresh servings daily and leave it away from sunlight in the kitchen or room.

    In the freezer

    Can breast milk be frozen? Experts believe: it is necessary if this is the only way to maintain breastfeeding with a prolonged departure or illness of the mother. Freezing breast milk does not require special skills, but must be done according to the rules.


    Capacity selection

    The type of container in which you will store the milk is important in the following situations.

    • You often feed a expressed product. Choose high-quality breast milk containers specially designed for freezing or cooling. If feeding occurs on a case by case basis, the material of the container does not matter. It can be made of glass, plastic, polycarbonate.
    • You heat the product in a container. The safest from this point of view is glass. It remains neutral during heating and does not change the composition of the contents. Polycarbonate containers contain the dangerous substance bisphenol, which is released during heating. It is often dangerous to use them by the accumulation of a substance in the baby’s body and its toxic effect on the nervous and genitourinary system. Plastic bags are often not suitable for heating at all. Their seam may simply burst when the volume of the content changes.
    • Are you worried about the composition. When expressing the product in a glass container, oily components are deposited on the walls, and milk is less nutritious. Polycarbonate jars are more neutral in this regard. Look in pharmacies for those that say “Bisphenol A free.” The material contains no dangerous bisphenol.

    Also consider the rational use of containers. If you had to leave for a couple of hours, a well-washed glass glass will do, where you can express a serving for one feeding. If you have a week-long trip, stock up on special packages for the freezer.

    Terms of use

    How to warm expressed breast milk and offer it to a baby? Regardless of storage features, there are only 2 ways to do this.

    1. In a water bath. To heat breast milk from the refrigerator, it is necessary to place a container with it in hot water and shake it regularly to achieve uniform heating.
    2. Under running hot water. The product bottle should be kept under the tap and periodically mixed.

    The correct temperature of the product is 36.6 ° C, that is, heating should be carried out to body temperature. You can determine it by dropping a little milk on your wrist. You should not feel cold or warm.

    It is forbidden to heat the product over an open fire in a pot or in the microwave. There is always a risk of overheating, in which breast milk loses valuable components and beneficial properties. In the microwave, areas of different temperatures are created. Some can be so hot as to cause a burn to the baby’s mucous membrane.

    Defrosting Technique

    If the product has been frozen, it is important to know how to properly defrost breast milk. Previously, it should be removed from the freezer and put on the top shelf of the refrigerator. A small container with a capacity of up to 120 ml will completely defrost at a temperature of 8 ° C in 24 hours. Therefore, when storing milk in a deep freeze, you should pre-worry about the preparation of the product.

    After defrosting, you can warm the milk and immediately offer it to the child. Or leave in the refrigerator for storage. If the product has been warmed up but not used, it can be stored at the back of the chamber for 24 hours. It is not allowed to re-freeze it.

    Compliance with the technique of how to thaw breast milk is important to maintain the maximum share of valuable substances in it. Despite significant “temperature differences”, its nutritional value remains extremely high.

    For an active mother, understanding how much breast milk is stored in the refrigerator, freezer, or at room temperature is crucial. This will support breastfeeding with its frequent absence or illness. It is important to consider that breast milk is a very unpretentious product. And after cooling and freezing, its composition remains much more preferable for the baby than the most modern artificial mixture.

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    Hello dear readers! For a newborn baby, breast milk is the most valuable source of nutrition, and not a single mixture can replace it. But there are situations when mom has to go away for a while. And then the question arises, how much breast milk is stored, and whether it is possible to procure for the future. We will help young women in childbirth and understand this problem.

    One of the best options for mommy babies is to express the liquid and leave it in a sterile, tightly closed container in a cool place. The material of the bottle does not matter. It can be made of plastic, plastic or glass.

    The main condition is that odors and substances should not get into the dishes. In pharmacies today they sell special disposable bags that are tightly sealed and do not take up much space.

    Before expressing, wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water. If you use a breast pump, rinse well the parts that come into contact with the liquid. Rinse all creams or ointments from cracks in the chest and nipples. Like bacteria, they shorten shelf life.

    If you are sure that foreign elements could get into the dishes, do a short pasteurization for half an hour at 60 degrees, and after cooling, put in a cool place.

    How much time refrigerated milk is stored in the refrigerator, the famous pediatrician, Dr. E. Komarovsky, explains in his books and programs. The shelf life directly depends on the condition of the room where the workpiece is located. The standard temperature in the refrigerator is from 0 to 5 degrees.

    With it, you can save no more than a week (more precisely - 8 days), while it is advisable to use raw materials earlier than the specified time. Some pediatricians consider this generally accepted figure to be overestimated, since in reality at 4 degrees the food does not spoil for 2 days, and then the beneficial properties are lost. Have you noticed how long cow's milk has stood in the cold? No more than 3 days!

    The main rule is not to store on the door. Opening and closing it, you create a temperature difference for the workpiece, which speeds up the acidification process.


    By the way, if you look into the container after a few days, you will see that the workpiece has changed its appearance and texture somewhat. Many women think that the raw materials have deteriorated, so they immediately pour it.

    The fact is that under the influence of low temperatures, the oily layer is at the top, and the more watery layer is at the bottom. Hence the unusual appearance and the feeling that souring has occurred.

    If you use raw materials thawed, it is undesirable to store it in the refrigerator for more than a day. Decided to defrost - use. After the refrigerator, before you feed the baby, the liquid needs to be slightly warmed up. Leave it for a long time at room temperature. Let's look at how much time a workpiece can spend without a refrigerator.

    How much breast milk is stored at room temperature?

    An important role in how much expressed GM is stored is again played by external conditions. As a rule, the term "room" is understood as 20-22 degrees. In such conditions, it is undesirable to leave more than 10 hours.

    If the liquid stands without a refrigerator at 26 degrees, the storage time is reduced to 5-6 hours. It is easy to understand how many hours food will be stored for crumbs, if the room is a bit cooler. But still: you can’t leave more than a day.


    If you take food with you for a walk in a bottle, try to use it right away. It is extremely undesirable to leave home for more than 3-4 hours. The temperature difference between the street and the room adversely affects the quality.

    In general, room temperature is not the best choice for storage. Leave food for the baby after decantation in the heat only if you are sure that it will come in handy for 1-2 hours. Otherwise, it is better to cool it so that the liquid does not lose its nutritional value.

    Very different rules apply to colostrum - the very first milk that appears in a woman on the first day after birth. It can stand at 32 degrees for 12 hours, without losing its properties and without souring.

    Storage of breast milk in the freezer

    You can stock up for a week or a month in advance, if you leave for a long time, and leave the child with a grandmother or a nanny. To do this, you need clean dishes for freezing and a freezer. For storage, sealed bags are ideal, on which you should write the date and time when the workpiece was decanted.


    The rules for freezing are simple:

    1. Filter the liquid in a sterile dish.
    2. Pour it into the bag, close it tightly.
    3. Write when the food was prepared.
    4. Leave it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours for cooling (do not immediately put it in the freezer!).
    5. Put the bags in the freezer.

    How many days frozen raw materials are stored depends on the quality of the freezer:

    • In a common freezer, where other products are stored, up to 14 days.
    • In a separate freezer, where there are no other food products, - up to six months.
    • In the chamber below -20 degrees - up to a year.

    In no case do not neglect the rules of storage. They will provide quality nutrition for your baby. Frozen, it loses some of its beneficial properties, but it is still better than a baby formula, to which the baby is unaccustomed.

    If you need to defrost, it is enough to put the workpiece in a clean dish and heat to a warm state over low heat. Warm up the entire portion at once, without leaving it at room temperature. When ready, use immediately. You can’t freeze it again, as well as store it for a long time after defrosting!


    So, dear readers, we have examined with you how to properly collect and store breast milk at room temperature or in the refrigerator. If you liked the article, recommend it to your friends in the social. networks. Waiting for you on new discussions!

    You have to interrupt for a while. This is not a reason to switch to artificial ones, especially since the expressed secret of the mammary gland, extracted from the natural “capacity”, perfectly retains its useful qualities. You only need to know how to store the breast after pumping, in a bottle or jar, at low or at room temperature, and how much it can be stored like that.

    Rules for expressing milk

    Resort to expression of breast milk occurs in a number of cases, eg:

    • mom needs to leave for a while;
    • weak lips of the baby do not give the opportunity to fully suck;
    • a situation arises in which it is impossible to physically breastfeed the baby for one reason or another (for example, during a long walk) and so on.
      The process of pumping itself is also useful for a nursing woman, because the extra secret of the breast in the breast can cause it. Expressing helps to get rid of excess food production for the baby in the future.

    There are 2 ways to express breast milk:

    Manual   (independently) - the method is suitable for those who rarely express:

    1. Disinfect a jar or bottle for.
    2. Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water.
    3. Take your chest with your thumb and forefinger a few cm away from the paralosal circle (areola).
    4. Clutching the chest to the chest gently, but intensively squeeze it without touching (reaching only the areola!).
    5. When a milk stream appears, repeat the same movements rhythmically, trying to capture all the ducts as much as possible. The farther from the nipple, the more milk ducts can be massaged.

     Mechanical   (with the help of modern devices - breast pumps) - for this method you need to buy a special device that will do everything for you.

    Breast pumps are manual and electric. The difference is that the electric suction does not require any efforts from mommy at all, and in the manual it is necessary to independently pump the chest with a small pump.

    The breast pumps make a loud sound. But the modernity of devices completely imitates breast sucking, so there should not be any painful sensations.

    The total decantation time takes about an hour.

    How long is breast milk stored?

    One of the most important points is the question of how long breast milk is stored after pumping and what conditions must be provided for this. After all, it is very important for the baby to eat only fresh food.

    Stored at room temperature

    In indoor conditions, at an average temperature of +20 degrees, the secret of the mammary gland can be stored only up to ten hours, provided that it will stand in a secluded place not in direct sunlight and far from home sources of heat.

    Important!   With each degree, the shelf life is reduced by an hour.

    We put in the refrigerator

    When placing breast milk after decantation in the refrigerator, you need to know how much and how to store it during the day.

    It can be stored in the refrigerator for more than a week after decantation (at temperatures from 0 to +5 degrees) Before putting milk in the refrigerator, allow the containers to cool well, because breast milk is usually the same temperature as the human body.
      It is also advisable to place containers deep into the refrigerator (the coldest and most inaccessible place) to maintain a constant temperature regime.

    Leave in the freezer

    Many mothers are interested in how much breast milk is stored in the freezer, and in which it is better to store it - in bags or in glass jars.

    In the freezer, at low freezing temperatures, baby food can be stored for up to six months. Regarding capacity - it doesn’t really matter what exactly leaves the milk to freeze. The main thing to remember is that before freezing, baby food must be cooled first at room temperature, and then in the refrigerator.

    In a glass jar, breast milk is stored in the freezer as much as in any other container. Therefore, mommy can choose any container that is convenient for herself.

    Important!   Cans, when freezing liquids in them, often explode due to the physical "expansion" of the substance.

    Take a walk

    If there is a need, while walking with the baby in the summer on the street, to take breast expressed milk, then the first thing you need to know is how to store it correctly, in order to avoid damage to such a valuable product.

    It is best to purchase special milk bags for this, which can be found in any children's store. They are made in such a way that the excess heat, and even more so the sun's rays, will not allow the product to deteriorate. However, do not forget that even such a bag will not make the secret of the mammary gland eternal, and it is advisable to drink it as soon as possible.

    Dependence of shelf life of the product on temperature

    Having figured out how to store expressed milk for babies at home, we can draw a simple conclusion: the higher the temperature, the correspondingly shorter the shelf life. For longer storage, it is better to use a refrigerator, and if the prepared food is eaten by the baby in a day - just leave it in a clean container at room temperature in a secluded place.

    How to choose the right capacity

    When choosing a container, you need to pay attention to certain points: convenience, closure density, marking scale. At each decantation, the container must be sterile and marked with time and date.

    Before storing expressed milk until the next, choose a container in which you prefer storage. It can be jars (from glass and plastic), bottles, special bags.

    Many mothers use exclusively glass containers.

    Important! Storage in glass and plastic is equally harmless to the health of the crumbs.

    Rules for heating and thawing expressed milk

    If your mother decided to use a refrigerator or freeze to store expressed breast milk, you should know not only how to store the product, but also how to heat it or defrost it, since it is not recommended to give cold or superheated food.

    Milk can only be heated in a water bath directly in the bottle.   Frozen liquid must first be moved to the refrigerator until it is fully defrosted, and then heated in a water bath. You can store milk in the refrigerator after defrosting for another day.

    In order to find out whether the milk is sufficiently heated, use the known method - drop it on your wrist.

    How to use

    Expressed milk is used through a special bottle for feeding. In fact, this is no different from breastfeeding. The temperature of the milk should be approximately +36 degrees. It is necessary to feed 2-3 times a day.

    What can not be done

    there is a number of specific ruleswhich must be observed:

    • in no case should you freeze the product twice, it is better to pour out unfinished food and use mixtures;
    • you can not heat milk directly in a pan, it will lose all the necessary properties;
    • do not use a microwave to defrost;
    • do not leave containers in a hot place;
    • it is not recommended to leave an unmarked product in the refrigerator.

    Signs of spoiled milk

    Even with the seemingly proper storage of breast milk, both in the refrigerator and after defrosting, its shelf life may come to an end, so you need to know how to identify a spoiled product.

    The first indicator of product corruption is always the smell. If it smells sour or foul, then the milk has definitely disappeared. If you still have doubts, try it. Bitterness in taste will indicate a spoiled product.

    It must be remembered that without a refrigerator in a bottle, breast milk cannot be stored as much as in a cooling device, so you can not give the baby a product without first checking for taste.

    When there is difficulty with breastfeeding, milk can always be expressed. This procedure is very common and most mothers at least once resorted to it. The main thing is to comply with all the rules, then feeding will pass without problems for the baby.