Expressed Colostrum Storage

Freshly expressed or pumped milk can be stored.

Expressed colostrum storage. Your breasts feel uncomfortably full engorged. The frozen colostrum can be stored for up to six months in the freezer. Colostrum can be stored in syringes in the fridge between expressing sessions. At room temperature 77 f or colder for up to 4 hours.

In the freezer for about 6 months is best. If the milk has been previously frozen once thawed it can sit out at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours. For storage of colostrum at home you will need 1ml 5ml syringes zip lock bags and labels. Historically pregnant women were encouraged to express colostrum during late pregnancy as a means of potentially encouraging breast milk production and to allow the storage of colostrum for the neonate however the practice of antenatal breast milk expression fell out of favour during the late 1970s following concerns that the nipple stimulation and the concomitant release of oxytocin may.

The main negative emotions reported were a sense of embarrassment at expressing the colostrum particularly in front of another person the difficulties with expressing colostrum and in one instance the physical pain associated with the process. Your baby is not able to latch or suck well but you still want to give them. It can last 6 to 12 months in the freezer at 0 f 18 c. Freshly expressed milk can be stored at room temperature for up to 10 hours depending on how warm the room is.

Up to 12 months is acceptable. Colostrum or milk expressed within one week of delivery can be stored for up to 12 hours at room temperature. Your baby should receive your colostrum in the order that it was pumped. Although freezing keeps food safe almost indefinitely recommended storage times are important to follow for best quality.

Expressing and storing breastmilk bfn leaflet home breastfeeding resources expressing and storing breastmilk bfn leaflet this leaflet for mothers on expressing and storing breastmilk based on the latest evidence about safe storage is available from the breastfeeding network. When the colostrum is gone you can pump your milk and give it to your baby s nurse to be used for the next feeding without freezing it first. Expressing milk means squeezing milk out of your breast so you can store it and feed it to your baby later. At the end of the collecting day the colostrum can be frozen place the syringe into a zip lock bag before putting into the freezer.

You might want to express milk if. Colostrum can be frozen make sure you pop the syringe in a labelled zip lock bag first. If thawed milk is put in the. Antenatal expression of colostrum may improve maternal breastfeeding confidence.

You have to be away from your baby for example because your baby is in special care or because you re going back to work. However whenever possible milk should be placed in the refrigerator soon after expressing. Label the syringe and bag separately with the date and time of when you expressed.