Storing Breastmilk; Preparing & Feeding Breastmilk; Preparing Breastmilk; Feeding Breastmilk - Medela Pump In Style Advanced Mode D'emploi

4. Storing Breastmilk

Caution
• Check with your hospital or healthcare
provider if you require specific storage
instructions.
• Do not thaw frozen breastmilk in a
microwave or in a pan of boiling water.
Warning
• Do not microwave breastmilk.
Microwaving can cause severe burns
to baby's mouth from hot spots that
develop in the milk during microwaving.
(Microwaving can also change the
composition of breastmilk.)
Note
• If the ice pack is frozen solid, it will
safely cool your breastmilk for up
to 12 hours in a room temperature
environment.
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4.1 Storing breastmilk in
Pump In Style Advanced
®
cooler bag
The Pump In Style Advanced cooler
bag requires one contoured ice
pack (#87092, included) for cooling
up to four 5 oz bottles of breastmilk.
• As soon as you are finished
pumping, place the breastmilk
bottle or breastmilk storage bag in
the cooler bag with the ice pack.
• Transfer breastmilk bottles or
breastmilk storage bag to the
refrigerator or freezer once you are
home.
5. Preparing and Feeding Breastmilk
Freshly Expressed Breastmilk Storage Guidelines
(For Healthy Term Babies)
Room Cooler with
Refrigerator
Temperature Ice Pack
3–8 days
4–6 hours 24 hours
at 39 °F
at 66–78 °F at 59 °F
or lower
(19–26 °C) (15 °C)
(4 °C)

5.1 Preparing breastmilk

• Thaw breastmilk overnight in the refrigerator. Thawed breastmilk is safe in the
refrigerator for 24 hours. Do not refreeze thawed breastmilk.
• Quickly thaw breastmilk by holding the bottle under warm running water.
• Place the sealed bottle in a bowl of warm water for 20 minutes to bring it to body
temperature.
• If you are adding expressed breastmilk to a container of already frozen breastmilk,
make sure to add a lesser amount than the already frozen amount.

5.2 Feeding breastmilk

It is recommended that breastfeeding is well established prior to bottle feeding your
baby.
• Always inspect the bottle, nipple and other components immediately before and after
each use. If nipple appears cracked or torn, discontinue use immediately.
• To prevent possible choking hazard, test strength of nipple by pulling on bulb portion
of the nipple.
• Do not attempt to enlarge the nipple hole.
• Infants must not be bottle fed without adult supervision.
• Nipple should not be used as a pacifier.
Questions? Visit www.medela.com or call us at 1-800-435-8316.
Thawed
Freezer
Breastmilk
6–12
months use within
0– - 4 °F
24 hrs
(-18– - 20 °C)
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