How to save breast milk after being sucked out

Breast milk suction

 The process of pumping the milks from the breast of the mother is the ideal solution for the mother who wants to continue breastfeeding in several cases, such as the return of the mother to work, or her desire to go out of the house for any emergency, and leave her child with a person caring for it, so that she ensures that the child gets the benefits of breast milk despite Its absence, as the process of pumping milk stimulates its production in the breast, and the milk is pumped in several ways, by using electronic pumps that take about 15 minutes, or manual pumps that take about 40 minutes, and the mother can control the speed and strength of the suction, and does not cause The process of aspiration is any pain for the mother's breast, as it is recommended to clean and sterilize this Pumps after each use, and should not be shared with other people.

Methods of storing milk after suction

 Accompanying manual or electronic pumps, special containers for preservation, and they are in the form of glass containers, or special disposable bags, as these packages are closed tightly, to keep the milk clean and fresh, and record the date of milk suction on it, and it is preferable that the amount of milk be stored, according to The amount that a child consumes during a single meal, and not mixing the new milk with the milk that was previously sucked, then these containers are kept in the refrigerator or freezer for a limited period before losing their nutritional value:

•  If the milk is kept at room temperature, it should be used within three or four hours.
•  If the milk is stored in the refrigerator, at a temperature of 4 ° C, it remains valid for four days, as the package is heated in a warm water bath before giving it to the child.
• Either if it is kept in the freezer, it remains valid for two weeks from the date of storage, and when using the milk can be thawed by passing it under the warm water tap, or through a warm water bath, and if it is kept in the freezer, at -18 ° C or below , It remains valid for six months.

It is best to store the milk in the refrigerator for a period not exceeding three days, because the freezing process works to destroy the antibodies in the milk, and you must avoid heating the milk in the microwave, because the heating process in it will destroy the nutritional value in the milk, and the packages should be used immediately after heating And get rid of the remaining milk, because it is mixed with the toys of the child, yet the mother's milk remains better than the industrial milk, in terms of the nutritional value and the amount of antibodies that work to combat various diseases.