{"id":610,"date":"2021-05-22T07:04:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T07:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danone.in\/aptaclub\/?p=610"},"modified":"2022-08-29T07:24:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T07:24:47","slug":"tips-to-store-and-express-your-breast-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danone.in\/aptaclub\/tips-to-store-and-express-your-breast-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to store and express your breast milk"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Are you planning to get back to work within 6 months of delivery? Don\u2019t worry about nursing your baby. Today, you have many powerful pumps with which you can express breast milk easily. After expressing you can store your milk safely and hygienically so that you can ensure that your baby gets the best nutrients, even if you aren\u2019t near him physically. In this article, we will tell you some important tips about expressing and storing breast milk.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n

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Expressing your breast milk<\/h3>\r\n

You may want to return to work within 6 months of delivery or may be your baby is having problems sucking breastmilk. In such cases, the best solution for you would be to express your breast milk and store it to be fed later to your baby. When you express your breastmilk, you don\u2019t have to be near your baby to breastfeed him. There are three ways in which you can express your breast milk.<\/p>\r\n

The three ways are hand expression, manual pump, and electric breast pump. Hand expression is the most traditional method of expressing breast milk. Here, you use your hand to squeeze your breast well and express milk from it.<\/p>\r\n

The manual pump is an affordable unit through which you can easily pump milk with a hand-held device. The electric breast pump runs on battery and is very effective in helping you extract a large amount of breast milk in a very short time.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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Storing breast milk<\/h3>\r\n

You can store breast milk in four different formats \u2013 room temperature, refrigerator, freezer and cooler packs. Let us look at each of them in detail here.<\/p>\r\n