Expressing and Storing Breast Milk

Follow the links below to find information about expressing breast milk either manually or by using an electric pump, and how the breast milk should be stored.
Reviewed March 2011

5 Resources Found

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Title:   Methods of milk expression for lactating women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Babies who do not receive human milk are more likely to suffer health problems as newborns and later. Not all babies are able to feed at the breast because they are premature, ill or separated from their mothers; thus expressed milk is needed. Mothers m...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Breastfeeding - expressing and storing breastmilk
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Expressing is done when you need to have some milk for your baby because you aren't going to be there for a feed, or if your breasts are very full and uncomfortable.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Breastfeeding and work
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Breastfeeding and working outside the home is possible but requires planning. To express breast milk at work, you will need a clean private area, a fridge and regular breaks. Discrimination at work against a woman who is breastfeeding is against the law.
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Expressing and storing breastmilk
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to expressing breastmilk, either by hand or with a pump, and the best ways to store and use that milk at a later date.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Breast milk expressing - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   There are a number of reasons why a breast feeding mother might wish to express milk rather than feeding the baby directly from the breast.
Date:   May 2009

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