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Please remember that, should the process become very painful or
uncomfortable, you should stop using the pump and consult your
health professional or breastfeeding advisor.
9) On average you will need to pump for 10 minutes to express 60-125ml or
2-4oz. However, this is just a guide and varies from woman to woman.
If you find that you regularly express more than 125ml per session,
please use a 260ml/9oz Philips AVENT bottle or 240ml/8oz VIA cup.
Do not overfill Philips AVENT feeding bottles or VIA cups and keep
upright, otherwise milk may leak from below the pump body.
10. Storing your breast milk
• Breast milk can be stored in
the fridge or freezer in either
sterile breast milk containers
(125ml/4oz or 260ml/9oz bottles
fitted with sealing discs) or in
VIA cups with lids.
• Only milk collected with a sterile pump should be stored to be fed
to your baby.
• Expressed milk should be refrigerated immediately.
• Expressed breast milk can be stored in the refrigerator for up to
48 hours (not in the door) or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
• If you are storing milk in the fridge to add to during the day, only add
milk which has been expressed into a sterile container. Milk can only
be kept like this for a maximum of 48 hours (from first expression)
after which it must be used immediately or frozen for future use.
• For products other than breast milk make feeds up fresh when
needed, following the manufacturer’s instructions.
Storing your milk in the fridge
If your expressed breast milk will be fed to your baby within 48 hours,
it can be stored in the fridge (not in the door) in an assembled
Philips AVENT feeding bottle or VIA nurser. Assemble a sterilised teat,
screw ring and dome cap and attach onto the body of the Philips
AVENT bottle or the VIA adaptor and cup (see below).
Storing your milk in the freezer
To store in the freezer, use an Philips AVENT sealing disc in place of
the teat and dome cap or use a sterilised VIA lid to seal the VIA cup.
The storage containers should be clearly labelled with the date and
time of expression and older milk used up first.
NEVER refreeze breast milk. DO NOT add fresh breast milk to already
frozen milk. ALWAYS discard any milk that is left over at the end of a feed.
11. Feeding your baby your expressed breast milk
If breast milk has been stored in an Philips AVENT
breast milk container, replace the sealing disc with a
sterilised Philips AVENT teat.
Alternatively replace the VIA lid with a sterilised VIA
adaptor, screw ring, dome cap and Philips AVENT teat.
Frozen breast milk should be defrosted overnight in
the refrigerator. However, in an emergency, it can be
defrosted in a jug of hot water. Once thawed use within 24 hours.
Breast milk can be heated in the same way as any other bottle feed.
Stand the Philips AVENT feeding bottle or VIA nurser in a bowl of hot
water, or alternatively, for a safe and fast way to warm feeds, use
the Philips AVENT bottle and baby food warmer. IMPORTANT! Milk
or food will heat faster in Philips AVENT VIA cups than in standard
feeding bottles/containers. Always check milk or food temperature
before feeding.
Never heat milk in a microwave as this may destroy valuable
nutrients and antibodies. In addition, the uneven heating may cause
hot spots in the liquid which could cause burns to the throat.
Never immerse a frozen milk container or VIA cup in boiling water
as this may cause it to crack/split.
Never put boiling water directly into a VIA cup, allow to cool for
around 20 minutes before filling.