Guidelines For Storing Breast Milk at Home
Choose Your Storage container You can choose different types of containers to store your milk. You can store the extract milk in glass bottles, steel boxes, BPA-free plastic bottles and breast milk storage bags. However, we suggest that you store in glass and steel boxes as this is readily available at home. Always Wash Always wash your hands and clean your breast before pumping. This ensure there is no contamination to the milk. If you are using breast pump to extract the breastmilk, ensure you sterilize the pump and the bottles before each extraction. The breast pump and its supplies should be well dried to avoid any bacteria entering to the pump while extracting. Pumping Milk Pump the milk for about 10 mins on each side. If you are using the same container for storage fill up-to ¾ of the bottle. However, if you are using a different storage container then let the milk collection bottle get full and then transfer it to the container up to ¾. Do not fill it to the rime as the mil...