Breast milk does not need to be warmed.
Keeping breast milk at room temperature.
Room temperature 26ºc 4 hours.
Place it in the refrigerator or an insulated cooler with ice packs immediately.
If storing it in a fridge the freshly pumped breast milk is good for up to 48 hours.
There will be times that you ve pumped or thawed milk that your baby didn t drink right away.
For 2 weeks in the ice compartment of a.
However it s optimal to use or properly store the breast milk within four hours especially if the room is warm.
Freshly expressed breast milk can be stored in an insulated cooler with ice packs for up to one day.
Store milk in the lower half at the back of the refrigerator.
Cover containers and keep them as cool as possible for example you could surround the closed container with a cool towel to help to keep the milk cooler.
Frozen freezer box in refrigerator.
Feeding expressed breast milk.
Once you collect your breast milk in the storage container put a top or cap not a feeding nipple onto the breast milk storage bottle or seal the.
Freshly expressed breast milk can be kept at room temperature for up to six hours.
If baby does not finish milk at one feeding it is probably safe to refrigerate and offer within 1 2 hours before it is discarded.
Read on to learn how to warm up breast milk and safety.
If the room temperature is greater than 77 degrees f 25 degrees c do not let your breast milk sit out at all.
Once breast milk is brought to room temperature or warmed after storing in the refrigerator or freezer it should be used within 2 hours.
The biggest question you may have about storing and using your breast milk is the amount of time you can leave it out at room temperature.
Warming breast milk or at least bringing it to room temperature can help you more easily mix breast milk back to its original consistency.
You can store breast milk in a sterilised container or in special breast milk storage bags.
It can be served room temperature or cold.
Refrigerated 2 4 c 48 hours.
Never microwave human milk or heat it directly on the stove.
In the fridge for up to 8 days at 4c or lower you can buy fridge thermometers online if you are not sure of the temperature of your fridge or it is higher than 4c use it within 3 days.
Never refreeze breast milk once it has been thawed.
Gently swirl milk do not shake to mix before checking temperature and offering to baby.
The cream will rise to the top of the milk during storage.
