All breast pumps need to be sterilised after use. You can buy or hire a breast pump. If you hire one, you still need to buy your own milk collection kit the parts of the pump that come into contact with the milk, like the breast shield and collection bottle to avoid contamination.
It is also possible to express milk by hand, or to combine hand expressing and pumping. This can increase your milk production. Read more about expressing and storing breast milk here. If you are having trouble or have questions, talk to a lactation consultant, maternal child health nurse or the Australian Breastfeeding Association on Or you can call Pregnancy, Birth and Baby on Learn more here about the development and quality assurance of healthdirect content.
Read more on Australian Breastfeeding Association website. Read more on Better Health Channel website. You can express breastmilk by hand, or with a manual or an electric pump. Store expressed breastmilk in special bags or containers in the fridge or freezer.
Read more on raisingchildren. Many breastfeeding mothers will need to express their breastmilk at some time. Whatever your reason for expressing, it can be confusing working out the best way to express and what breast pump is best to use if any. This article looks at the different types of breast pumps and which ones are suitable for different types of expressing.
This page includes information about expressing, storing, cleaning equipment, transporting and preparing expressed breastmilk for your baby. Read more on WA Health website. While away from their child, mothers need to express breastmilk at similar intervals than they would normally breastfeed. Bottles of expressed breastmilk need to be carefully prepared, stored and heated. This booklet provides practical advice on common questions and concerns about breastfeeding including why, how long, what to expect, overcoming problems, expressing breastmilk and returning to work.
Read more on NSW Health website. For most mothers the easiest and most efficient way to feed your baby breastmilk is usually at the breast, but there may be occasions when this is not possible and you need to express your milk. Expressing, storing and feeding expressed breastmilk can be a totally new skill to learn so here are the basic tips you will need.
Nipples vary in shape, size and presentation from woman to woman and, for some women, left to right. Some nipples protrude from the level of the areola see image below right. Flat nipples are level with the areola. Otherwise, do it right after a breastfeeding session. Ideally, your power pumping session should last an hour. Then pump or nurse as usual the rest of the day. It will take a few days for your milk supply to respond to this increased demand: some moms see an increase within three days, while others will need to power pump for a week before seeing results.
That can be up to eight to 12 times in a hour day, or every two to three hours for minutes at a time. As your milk supply becomes more established, you may find that you can space out the pumping for longer, at least at night. Many breast pumps come with custom containers that can be used as storage and feeding bottles; others allow you to use a standard feeding bottle to collect milk.
You can also collect expressed breast milk in plastic bags definitely use the ones specifically designed for breast milk — plastic bottle liners are too flimsy and fill them three-quarters full if you'll be freezing them to allow for expansion.
Freezing milk in small quantities 3 to 4 ounces at a time allows for easy thawing. Expressed milk can stay fresh at room temperature for up to four hours as long as it's kept away from the sun or other sources of heat. Milk can be safely stored in the refrigerator for up to four days and in the freezer for six to 12 months using it within six months is best. So be sure to wash all the pump parts that have come into contact with the breast or breast milk with liquid soap and hot water, scrubbing them with a cleaning brush and rinsing under running water.
When washing by hand, be sure to use a clean wash basin — not the kitchen sink — that is only used for washing infant feeding equipment, and do not place the components of the pump in the sink.
Air-dry and put the parts away only when they are completely dry. If your baby is less than 3 months or, born prematurely, or has a weakened immune system, sanitize daily. If your breast pumps parts are dishwasher-safe, place them in the top rack of a dishwasher and put it on a hot water and heated drying cycle. Remember the rules of breastfeeding supply and demand: The more demand there is in this case in the form of pumping , the more supply in the form of breast milk there will be.
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If you have a low-birthweight premature baby, you should speak with a lactation consultant about techniques to express milk with low bacteria counts.
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