MEDELA TIPS FOR PUMPING BREASTMILK – PACKING, FREEZING, STORING AND RE-HEATING

08/27/2016

Once you are accustomed to the basics of pumping breastmilk, you might want to look for new ways to make breast pumping a bigger part of your life and extend the convenience of this way of feeding your baby. Maybe you love to breastfeed and know all the benefits of breastmilk, but want to go back to work, share the night feeds, or you just want a break from breastfeeding sometimes. Or perhaps you are an exclusively breast pumping mom whose baby for one reason or another cannot feed from the breast.

Maybe you are working and pumping so that your nanny or child minder can feed your little one during the day, and you have invested in a great Medela breast pump, but now you have so much extra milk you don’t know what to do with it. It’s important to store your breastmilk the right way so you can preserve its nutrients and immunity-boosting benefits for your baby. Human milk actually has anti-bacterial properties that help it to stay fresh. You just have to store, freeze, and rewarm it properly.

Here are a few tips from Medela for how to pack, freeze, store and thaw breastmilk to give your baby an efficient source of nutrition and immunity, even when you’re not there to breastfeed.