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9. Expressing your breast milk
CAUTION
• Do not try to express with vacuum that is too high and uncomfortable
(painful). The pain, along with potential breast and nipple trauma, may
decrease milk output.
• Contact your healthcare professional or breastfeeding specialist if you
can express only minimal or no milk or if expression is painful.
NOTICE
Make sure that the tubing is not kinked or pinched while pumping.
Refer to figure ¢12 on the foldout pages.
1. Make sure that the collection cups are connected and positioned
properly.
2. ¢12-01 Press the On/Pause/Off button
Æ The stimulation phase begins and the status light is flashing.
3. ¢12-02 Adjust the vacuum with the Increase vacuum
Decrease vacuum buttons to find a comfortable level.
4. ¢12-03 As soon as your milk begins to flow, press the Let-down
button.
Æ The expression phase begins and the status light is on steadily.
Æ If the Let-down button is not pressed within one minute, the
breast pump will automatically go to expression phase.
5. ¢12-04 Adjust the vacuum with the Increase vacuum
Decrease vacuum buttons to find your maximum comfort
vacuum (see information below).
Once you are pumping in the expression phase, increase the vacuum
level until pumping feels slightly uncomfortable (not painful), then
decrease the vacuum by 1 level with the Decrease vacuum
6. When your pumping session is over, press the On/Pause/Off button
to stop the pumping operation.
Æ The breast pump stops automatically after 30 minutes if there is
no user interaction with the pump.
7. To switch the breast pump off press and hold the On/Pause/Off
button for two seconds.
• Maximum comfort vacuum is the highest vacuum setting where
pumping still feels comfortable. This is different for every mother.
• Stimulation should be at a comfortable vacuum level, striving for a
maximum level is not necessary.
• Reassess your maximum comfort vacuum throughout your pumping
experience. It may change throughout each stage of lactation.
• The pump is not designed to be used
while lying down or sleeping.
However, you can slightly lean
forward or backward during your
pumping session.
• The maximum volume/capacity for the
collection cup is 150ml. When this limit
is exceeded, transfer the milk to a
bottle before continuing to express.
to start pumping.
Pausing
and In both stimulation and expression phases the breast pump can be
paused. This allows you to readjust yourself or your collection cups, or at-
tend to your surroundings.
For pausing, press the On/Pause/Off button
is running.
Æ The pumping operation stops and the status light is pulsing.
To resume pumping, press the On/Pause/Off button
and
Turning off
To switch the breast pump off press and hold the On/Pause/Off button
for two seconds.
button.
• If pumping is not resumed within two minutes, the breast pump
switches off automatically.
• To resume pumping, you will need to start a new session.
• If you need to pause for more than two minutes, we recommend
restarting with stimulation phase.
• Do not forget to record milk output in the Medela Family
Information
while the breast pump
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