Storing, Preparing & Feeding Breast Milk - Medela Symphony Instrucciones De Uso

11. Storing, Preparing & Feeding Breast Milk
Storing breastmilk in a Medela Cooler Bag (not included)
The Medela Cooler Bag requires one contoured ice pack (#87092) for cooling up to
four 5 oz bottles of breastmilk.
• As soon as you are finished pumping, place the breast milk bottles or breastmilk
storage bags in the cooler bag with the ice pack.
• Transfer breastmilk bottles or breastmilk storage bags to the refrigerator or freezer
once you are home.
Storage Guidelines for Freshly Expressed BreastMilk
Room
Temperature
60°F to 77°F
(16° C to 25° C)
Up to 4 hours
is best
*Up to 6 hours *Up to 5 days
for milk
expressed
under very
clean
conditions
References: www.BreastmilkGuidelines.com
*Guidelines for expressing milk under very clean conditions:
• Before expressing milk, wash your hands with soap and water or use an
alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
• Pump parts, bottles and pumping area must be clean.
• Breasts and nipples do not need to be washed before pumping.
These guidelines for storage and thawing of breastmilk are a recommendation.
Contact your lactation consultant or breastfeeding specialist for further information.
• For additional breastmilk collection and stoage information,
please visit: www.BreastmilkGuidelines.com
Note
• If the ice pack is frozen solid, it
will safely cool your breastmilk
for up to 8 hours in a room
temperature environment.
(For Healthy Term Babies)
Refrigerator Freezer
39°F (4°C) 0°F (-18°C)
or colder or colder
Up to 3 days Up to 6 months
is best
*Up to 9 months
for milk for milk
expressed expressed
under very under very
clean
conditions conditions
BreastMilk
Thawed in the
Refrigerator
At room
temperature:
is best
Up to 2 hours
Refrigerator:
Up to 24 hours
clean DO NOT
REFREEZE
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