How to store breast milk?

All about storing breast milk – how to store how much to store, in what to store? Frost of breast milk.

Sometimes nursing mom for certain reasons can not be near the baby for a while. Until recently, there were no special devices in which breast milk could be stored for more than one day.

But now on sale you can meet various kinds of fixtures, containers for storing and freezing of maternal milk. This fact has a very beneficial effect on the continuity of the breastfeeding process.

How to store breast milk right?

Ideal for storing breast milk is a refrigerator. But, if there is no such possibility, you can use a special thermosum with freezing elements. If there is no refrigerator nearby, then the milk is stored for only a few hours.

At a temperature of 15 degrees Milk can be stored 24 hours, at a temperature of 16-19 degrees Milk is stored for about 10 hours, and if Temperature 25 and above, then the milk will be stored 4-6 hours. In the refrigerator with a temperature of 0-4 degrees Milk stored up to five days.

If the mother does not plan to feed the child in the next 48 hours, it is preferable to freeze the milk in the freezer of deep frost with a temperature of less -20 degrees Celsius.

How to freeze breast milk?

Milk preferably freeze small portions.

It is necessary to put a date, time and scope of pressure on a container with milk.

Milk Storage Accessories

• Milk storage use special Containers and packages, Which are made of plastic and polyethylene.
• There is also I Glass containers, But the storage of milk in them is not so convenient for the freezer. They are more often used for short-term storage of milk in the refrigerator.

Polyethylene containers are considered the most environmentally friendly. They do not distinguish harmful substances during the storage of milk. The design of many packages for milk allows you to remove air from them, the milk in them is stored longer and less risk that the milk will turn around.

Mostly producers produced disposable sterile packaged packages, many of them are suitable for both short-term and long-term storage of milk.

How much can i store maternal milk?

	Room temperature	Refrigerator	Freezer compartment refrigerator	Freezer
Fresesty	It is not recommended to leave at room temperature	3-5 days at a temperature of about 4	Six months at temperatures -16c	Year at temperatures -18c
Expressing (which has already been frozen)	No storage	10 hours	Should not be repeated freezing	Should not be repeated freezing