Storing Your Breast Milk; Feeding Your Baby Your Expressed Breast Milk - Philips AVENT Manual

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8) Milk should begin to flow after the first few strokes. Don't worry if your
milk does not flow immediately. Relax and continue pumping.
Do not continue pumping for more than 5 minutes at a time if NO
result is achieved. Try expressing at another time during the day.
Please remember that, should the process become painful or
uncomfortable, you should stop using the pump and consult your
health care professional or breastfeeding advisor.
9) On average you will need to pump for 10 minutes to express 2-4oz or
60-125ml. However, this is just a guide and varies from woman to woman.
If you find that you regularly express more than 4oz/125ml per session,
please use a 9oz/260ml Philips AVENT feeding bottle.
Do not overfill Philips AVENT feeding bottles and keep upright, otherwise
milk may leak from below the pump body.

9. Storing your breast milk

• Breast milk can be stored in the fridge or freezer in
clean breast milk containers (Philips AVENT bottles
fitted with sealing discs).
• Only milk collected with a clean pump should be stored
and fed to your baby.
• Expressed milk should be refrigerated immediately.
• Expressed breast milk can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours
(not in the door), the freezer for up to 3 months or 6 months in a
zero-degree freezer.
• If you are storing milk in the fridge to add to during the day, only add milk
which has been expressed into a clean container. Milk can only be kept like
this for a maximum of 24 hours (from first expression) after which it must
be used immediately or frozen for future use.
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Storing your milk in the fridge
If your expressed breast milk will be fed to your baby within 24 hours,
it can be stored in the fridge (not in the door) in an assembled Philips
AVENT feeding bottle. Assemble a clean nipple, screw ring and dome cap
and attach onto the body of the Philips AVENT bottle.
Storing your milk in the freezer
To store in the freezer, use an Philips AVENT sealing disc in place of the
nipple and dome cap. The storage containers should be clearly labelled
with the date and time of expression and older milk used up first.
NEVER refreeze breast milk. DO NOT add fresh breast milk to already frozen
milk. ALWAYS discard any milk that is left over at the end of a feed.

10. Feeding your baby your expressed breast milk

If breast milk has been stored in an Philips AVENT breast milk container,
replace the sealing disc with a clean Philips AVENT nipple.
Frozen breast milk should be defrosted overnight in the refrigerator.
However, in an emergency, it can be defrosted in a jug of hot water.
Once thawed use within 24 hours.
Stand the Philips AVENT feeding bottle in a bowl of hot water, or
alternatively, for a safe and fast way to warm feeds, use the Philips AVENT
bottle and baby food warmer. Always check milk or food temperature
before feeding.
Never heat milk in a microwave as this may destroy valuable nutrients
and antibodies. In addition, the uneven heating may cause hot spots in
the liquid which could cause burns to the throat.
Never immerse a frozen milk container in boiling water as this may cause
it to crack/split.
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