Storing your expressed
breast milk
Breast milk can be stored in the fridge or
freezer in either sterile Breast Milk Storage
Containers (125ml/4oz or 260ml/9oz fitted
with sealing discs) or in pre-sterilised
disposable VIA cups.
Expressed milk should be refrigerated
immediately.
Only milk collected with a sterile pump
should be stored to be fed to your baby.
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 freshly expressed 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.
Frozen breast milk can be defrosted overnight in the refrigerator,
heated gradually in warm water or heated on the lowest setting
of the AVENT Bottle and Babyfood Warmer.
Note:
• NEVER refreeze breast milk.
• DO NOT add fresh breast milk to already frozen milk.
Caution: Never immerse a frozen milk container or VIA cup
in boiling water as this may cause it to crack/split.
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