In this presentation by Maternal and Child Resource Initiative on Breastfeeding (MaCRIB) you will learn the why and how of expressing and storing breast milk.

1. EXPRESSION & STORAGE OF
BREAST MILK
IYIOLA Daniel Ademola
Iyiolaademola01@gmail.com
+2348101842836 and +2348181236840
Presented @ ALT on the 22 of Nov, 2016
ACTION FOR PROMOTION OF BREASTFEEDING IN
NIGERIA

2. CONTENT
Introduction
Expression
Hand expression
Pumping
Storage
Conclusion
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3. Introduction

4. Breastfeeding is beautiful

5. Sometimes breastfeeding
looks like this
Its normal

6. Expression

7. Expression is a way of taking breastmilk from your
Breast without your baby needing to suck.
Simply put

8. • Discomfort
Reasons for expression

9. • Weak sucking

10. • Going back to work

11. • To increase your supply

12. • Place a picture of your baby before you
• Your baby’s blanket
• Your baby’s clothing that has his or her scent
on it
• Think of a relaxed setting
Before Expression

13. • Ensure a clean environment.
• Wash your hands
• Apply a warm massage to the breast
• Remove milk during the times your baby would
normally breastfeed

14. Hand Expression

15. Gently massage your breast Cup your breast just behind
your areola
Squeeze gently, using your thumb
and the rest of your fingers in a C
shape

16. Pumping

17. Manual Breast Pump Bicycle horn breast pump
Manual Pumps

18. Battery Operated breast pump
Automated breast pumps

19. Electric breast pump

20. Ways to Express Milk
Type How it works What’s Involved
Hand Expression You use your hand to massage and
compress your breast to remove milk.
 Practice
 Skill
 Co-ordination
Manual Pump You need your hand and wrist to
operate a hand-held device to pump
the milk
 Practice
 Skill
 Co-ordination
Automatic, Electric
Breast Pump
Runs on battery or plugs into an
electrical outlet.
• Can pump one breast at a time
or both breasts at the same
time.
 Double pumping may collect
more milk in less time
 Need places to clean and store
the equipment between uses.

21. Storage

22. • Label the date on the storage
container
• Gently swirl the container to mix
the milk
• No Shaking
After pumping

23. Storage of breast milk
Clean glass

24. • Plastic bottles with tight fitting

25. • Milk storage bags

26. Tips for refrigerating or freezing
• Leave an inch from the milk to the top of the container
• Refrigerate or chill milk right after it is expressed
• Store milk in the back of the freezer – not in the freezer
door
• Place it in a cooler or insulated cooler pack

27. • Use the oldest stored milk first.
• Breast milk does not necessarily need to be warmed
• Place in the fridge to defrost slowly
• Place the container in a bowl of warm water
• Holding the container of milk under cold running water
• No Microwave
• Swirl the milk and test the temperature
• Do not re-freeze
Tips for thawing and warming up milk

28. Guide to Storing Fresh Breast Milk for Use with
Healthy Full-term Infants
• Room temperature (25°C) for up to 6 hours
• In main part of fridge (below 4°C) up to 3 – 8 days
• Freezer (approximately -18°C) up to 6 – 12 months

29. Conclusion

30. You are accepted

31. Instagram Handle No. of followers
Exclusivepumping
mama
801
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mama
1040