Please remember that, should the process become very painful or uncomfortable, you should stop using the pump and consult your health professional or breastfeeding advisor.
9)Whilst some women may prefer to use the pump without the
10)On average you will need to pump for 10 minutes to express
Do not overfill Airflex Feeding Bottles or VIA Cups and keep upright, otherwise milk may leak from below the pump body.
10.Storing your breast milk
•Breast milk can be stored in
the fridge or freezer in either sterile breast milk containers (125ml/4oz or 260ml/9oz bottles fitted with sealing discs) or in VIA Cups with lids.
•Only milk collected with a sterile
pump should be stored to be fed to your baby.
•Expressed milk should be refrigerated immediately.
•Expressed breast milk can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 48 hours (not in the door) or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
•If you are storing milk in the fridge to add to during the day, only add milk which has been expressed into a sterile container. Milk can only be kept like this for a maximum of 48 hours (from first expression) after which it must be used immediately or frozen for future use.
•For products other than breast milk make feeds up fresh when needed, following the manufacturer’s instructions.
Storing your milk in the fridge
If your expressed breast milk will be fed to your baby within 48 hours,
10it can be stored in the fridge (not in the door) in an assembled Airflex
Feeding Bottle or VIA Feeding System. Assemble a sterilised teat, screw ring and dome cap and attach onto the body of the Airflex Bottle or the VIA Adaptor and Cup (see below).
Storing your milk in the freezer
To store in the freezer use a sealing disc in place of the teat and dome cap or use a sterilised VIA Lid to seal the VIA Cup. The storage containers should be clearly labelled with the date and time of expression and older milk used up first.
NEVER refreeze breast milk. DO NOT add fresh breast milk to already frozen milk. ALWAYS discard any milk that is left over at the end of a feed.
11. Feeding your baby your expressed breast milk
If breast milk has been stored in an AVENT Breast Milk
Container, replace the sealing disc with a sterilised
Airflex Teat.
Alternatively replace the VIA Lid with a sterilised VIA
Adaptor, screw ring, dome cap and Airflex Teat.
Frozen breast milk should be defrosted overnight in the refrigerator. However, in an emergency, it can be defrosted in a jug of hot water. Once thawed use within 24 hours.
Breast milk can be heated in the same way as any other bottle feed. Stand the Airflex Bottle or VIA Feeding System in a bowl of hot water, or alternatively, for a safe and fast way to warm feeds, in a Philips AVENT Bottle and Baby Food Warmer. IMPORTANT! Milk or food will heat faster in VIA Cups than in standard feeding bottles/containers. Always check milk or food temperature before feeding.
Never heat milk in a microwave as this may destroy valuable nutrients and antibodies. In addition, the uneven heating may cause hot spots in the liquid which could cause burns to the throat.
Never immerse a frozen milk container or VIA Cup in boiling water as this may cause it to crack/split.
Never put boiling water directly into a VIA Cup, allow to cool for around 20 minutes before filling.
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