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Storing your milk in AVENT Reusable Bottles
If your expressed breast milk will be fed to your baby within 24 hours,
assemble the teat, screw ring and dome cap and attach onto the
bottle for storage in the fridge.
To store in the freezer (for up to 3 months), use an AVENT Sealing Disc
in place of the teat and dome cap. The storage container should be
clearly labelled with the date and time of expression and older milk
used up first.
Storing your milk in AVENT Disposable Bottle Bags
If using AVENT Disposable Bags for storage, secure bag with clip and
place in disposable holder base. Allow at least 25mm/1" of space
between the milk and the clip as the milk will expand as it freezes.
No more than 6fl.oz. (170ml) of milk should be stored in a disposable
bag. Make sure it is well protected in the freezer to prevent crushing.
11. Feeding your baby expressed breast milk
If breast milk has been stored in an AVENT Breast Milk Storage
Container, replace the sealing disc with a sterilised AVENT teat.
If breast milk has been stored in a Disposable Bottle Bag, fit the bag
into the AVENT Disposable Bottle Holder. Assemble blue tinted teat,
screw ring and dome cap and screw onto the top of the holder,
securing the bag.
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.
Breast milk can be heated in the same way as any other bottle feed.
Stand the bottle of milk in a bowl of hot water or alternatively, for a
safe and fast way to warm feeds use the AVENT Express Bottle
Warmer. Always make sure you test the temperature of the feed
before giving to baby.
Never heat breast or formula 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.
Please remember that, should the process become very painful or
uncomfortable, you should stop using the pump and consult your
doctor or breastfeeding adviser.
9 Whilst some women may prefer to use the pump without the
let-down massage cushion, extensive trials show that, in most cases,
the massaging effect of the petals flexing in and out around the
areola stimulates the let-down reflex and allows you to express
more milk more quickly.
10 On average you will need to pump for 10 minutes to express
60/120ml or 2/4 ozs. However, this is just a guide and varies from
woman to woman. If you find that you regularly express more than
120ml per session, please use a 9oz/260ml AVENT bottle.
Do not overfill the bottle and keep it upright, otherwise it may
leak from below the pump body.
10. How to store your expressed breast milk
• Breast milk can be stored in the
fridge or freezer in either sterile
Breast Milk Storage Containers
(4oz/125ml or 9oz/260ml
bottles fitted with sealing discs)
or in pre-sterilised disposable
bags, sealed with a clip.
• Only milk collected with a sterile pump should be stored to be 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) or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
• If you are storing milk in the fridge to add to during the day, only add
milk which has been expressed into a sterile 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.
• NEVER refreeze breast milk.
• DO NOT add fresh breast milk to already frozen milk.
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