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A video giving tips on how to store breastmilk.
Source: KidsHealth

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Voice

[Music]

Breast milk can be stored. Remember to use a sterilised container to put the milk in.

You can store your breast milk in the fridge for up to 48 hours.

Lactation consultant

So Rebecca for storing your breast milk now that, I mean you must be getting some really good volumes, what do you do?

Mum

At the moment I'm storing for 24 hours, uh, the fresh milk, uh, because the wee-er baby, this one, is getting top ups, um, so she breastfeeds and then we give her the expressed top up ...

Lactation consultant

Yes

Mum

... um, just to get, um, her weight gain up. Uh... and I also, um, if I get excess, I freeze, um, the excess supply.

Lactation consultant

We know that if you expressed that now, you could leave it in, at this temperature for four hours before you need to put it in the fridge and then you'd store it at the back of the fridge. Always label of course and date your breast milk which is really important because you need to make sure which was the first expressed.

Mum

[Muffled words of agreement]

Lactation consultant

Yes absolutely, so label and date it, pop it in the back of the fridge where it doesn't change temperatures. You wouldn't put it on the door because then every time you open the door, it changes temperature

Mum

[Muffled words of agreement]

Yep no we have it at the back. Don't we? And we have it in the freezer downstairs rather than the freezer we use.

[Music]

Voice

It's best to store it at the back in the lower half of the fridge, never in the door. This should keep it [sound of fridge door closing] between two to four degrees Celsius.

You can keep breast milk at room temperature, in a cool dark place, for up [sound of tap running] to four hours.

[Sound of tap running continues]

Voice

Your breast milk can be stored for up to three to six months in a freezer. Allow your frozen breast milk to defrost itself in the fridge. When it's thawed, use it straight away.

[Sound of running tap]

Voice

Your baby might like warm milk.

[Sound of running tap]

Voice

Stand the bottle in a container of hot water and let it heat to body temperature before feeding.

Lactation consultant

... and that will sit in there and occasionally just test it. You test it on the forearm here and you shouldn't really feel it. If it's exactly the right temperature, it should be neither hot nor cold.

Voice

Microwaving bottles is not recommended because the uneven heating can burn your baby's mouth and the heat can damage the food value and health protecting qualities of breast milk.

Lactation consultant

Did you feel that or is that about the right temperature?

Mum

I can't feel anything. Is that meant to be normal?

Lactation consultant [Dialogue spoken at same time in parts]

That's ...that will mean it's the right temperature to feed your baby.

Mum [Dialogue spoken at same time in parts]

Right temperature? Oh yeah.

Mum [Dialogue spoken at same time in parts]

All right. Cool.

Lactation consultant [Dialogue spoken at same time in parts]

Perfect. Well done

Voice

Once warmed and before feeding, always swirl the container of milk to mix well and test the temperature by shaking a few drops of milk on the inside of your wrist.

[Music]

Voice

The milk should feel just warm on your skin.

[Music]

Lactation consultant

So we'd store it for four hours at room temperature, two days in the fridge, or four months in the freezer.

Key messages in other languages

Ka taea te whakaputu waiลซ.

Me mahara ki te whakamahi i tฤ“tahi ipu horomata hei putu ki roto.

Ka taea te putu i tล waiลซ ki rล pouaka makariri atu ki te 48 haora i te 2 โ€“ 4 pฤmahana C (ko te tikanga ki muri o te wฤhanga o raro o te pouaka makariri, kaua ki te kลซaha).

Ka taea e koe te waiho waiลซ ki te pฤmahana ฤ-whare atu ki te 4 haora.

Ka taea te putu i tล waiลซ atu ki te 3 ki te 6 marama rฤnei i te pouaka tio.

Waiho tล waiลซ tio ki te miraka ki te pouaka makariri rewa ai.  Ina rewa ana, me whakamahi tonu.

Tฤ“rฤ pea ka hiahia tล pฤ“pi i te waiลซ mahana.  Whakatลซhia te pฤtara ki roto i tฤ“tahi ipu wai wera ka waiho kia rite rฤ anล te mahana ki tล tinana kฤtahi whฤngaihia.  (Kฤore e pai te whakamahana pฤtara ki roto i te ngaruiti i te mea kฤore e ลrite te whakamahana ka mutu kei wera te waha o tล pฤ“pi, ฤ, kei kino te painga o te kai me ngฤ kounga tiaki hauora o te waiลซ.)

Ina mahana ana, ฤ, i mua i te whฤngaitanga me whakapฤซoioi te ipu waiลซ i ngฤ wฤ katoa kia tino ranu pai ai, me te whakamฤtau i te pฤmahana mฤ te rurerure mai i ฤ“tahi turunga waiลซ ki te taha o tล whatianga.  Ko te tikanga ka rongo koe i te mahana o te waiลซ ki tล kiri.

Maeke e huhu tatau he toka.

Fakaaoga e kapiniu kua fakameฤ lahi ke tatau ki ai e huhu.

Maeke ke toka e huhu tatau haau he filisa noa ke hoko ke he 48 e tulฤ mo e (2 โ€“ 4) ยฐC Celsius he momoko filisa (tuku ki tua he toloa i lalo he filisa, kae nakai ke he gutuhala).

Maeke ke toka noa he poko mafana e huhu kae nakai molea e 4 e tulฤ.

Maeke e huhu tatau haau ke toka ke he 3 โ€“ 6 e mahina he filisa tuli (freezer).

Toka he filisa noa e huhu tuli ke fakatataka ai.  Kaeke kua tataka, kua lata ni he mogo ia ke fakaaoga.

Neke manako e muke haau ke kai he puke huhu mafana.  Tuku e lupo he polu vai mafana ti toka ke mafana ai ke he mafana he tino to age ke fagai aki.  (Ai lata ke fakaaoga e microwave he neke vela e gutu he muke he magaaho ka kai ai, ti moumou ai he vela lahi ia e tau huhua kai mitaki mo e tau puipuiaga tino he huhu he matua.)

Ka mafana ai, mo e to age ke kai e muke, fakamahani ke lulululu e lupo ke fio mitaki e huhu mo e fuafua ai e mafana he puke huhu ke he aolima haau.  Kua lata ke mafana fakatote e huhu ke he lima haau.  

O suฤsusu mai le tina e mafai ona teuina.

Manatua ia faโ€˜aaogฤ meauga faโ€˜apitoa (sterilised containers) e tuโ€˜u ai suฤsusu.

E mafai ona e teuina lou suฤsusu i totonu o le pusaโ€˜aisa mo le 48 itula i le malulu o le 2-4 tikeli C (e masani lava i le pito i tua o le pusaโ€˜aisa i le afa i lalo, aua lava ne i tuโ€˜uina i le faitotoโ€˜a o le pusaโ€˜aisa).

E mafai ona e tuโ€˜uina suฤsusu i fafo o le pusaโ€˜aisa i le mafanafana o le potu mo le 4 itula.

O lou suฤsusu e mafai ona teuina i le pusaโ€˜aisa mo le 3-6 masina i totonu o le fulisa.

Ia tuโ€˜uina lou suฤsusu mai le fulisa ina ia faโ€˜avaiina i totonu o le pusaโ€˜aisa.  A liusuฤvaia loa, faโ€˜aaoga loa.

E fiafia lau pepe i le susu mafanafana.  Faโ€˜atลซ le fagususu i totonu o se konitaina vaivevela ma faโ€˜avevela ia oโ€˜o i le mafanafana o lou tino ae le i fafagaina i lau pepe.  (O le faโ€˜avevelaina o susu i totonu o masini faโ€˜avevela meaโ€˜ai (microwave) e lฤ“ tatau ona o le lฤ“ tutusa o le vevela o le susu ma e ono mu ai le gutu o le pepe, ma o le vevela foโ€˜i e ono faโ€˜atamaโ€˜ia ai vaega tฤua o meaโ€˜ai ma le soifua maloloina o le puipuia o vaega lelei ma tฤua o lo o i totonu o suฤsusu).

A mafanafana loa, ma a o le i fafagaina, ia faโ€˜amasani ona luluina le fagu susu ina ia faโ€˜atutusa lelei le susu ma tofo le mafanafana e ala lea i le luluina o sina susu i luga o le vaega i totonu o lou tapulima.  O le susu e tatau ona mafanafana i lau faโ€˜alogo.  

Ko te huฤhuhu mai te huhu e mafai ke teu.

Manatua ke fakaaogฤ he mea e tuku ai nฤ mea (container) kua uma te tฤmate o nฤ hiama ke tuku ki loto te huฤhuhu.

E mafai ke tuku te huฤhuhu mai te huhu o te mฤtua i te aiha ke pฤ ki te 48 itลซlฤ i te 2-4 tikelฤซ C (e mฤhani lava i tua i te afa i lalo o te puha aiha, nahe tukua ki te faitotoka).

E mafai ke tuku e koe te huฤhuhu mai te huhu o te mฤtua i te fua o te vevela o te potu (room temperature) mล te 4 itลซlฤ.

Ko tล huฤhuhu mai te huhu o koe e mafai ke teu mล te 3 ki te 6 mahina i te filisa (freezer).

Tukuvฤ“ tล huฤhuhu i te aihฤ ke fakaliu (defrost) lava ia i loto i te aiha.  Kฤfai kua liu, fakaaogฤ loa lava.

Ko tau pepe atonu e fiafia ki te huฤhuhu mฤfanafana.  Fakatลซ te fagu i he mea tuku mea (container) i te vai vevela ma tuku ke pฤ ki te vevela o te tino (body temperature) ka ko hฤ“ki fafaga.  (Ko te microvave o te fagu e hฤ“ lelei auฤ ko te hฤ“ lฤutahi o te vevela e mafai ke mลซ ai te gutu o te pepe, ma ko te vevela e mafai ke fakakino ai te aogฤ o te meakai ma te tลซlaga puipuia o te ola mฤlลlล o te huฤhuhu mai te huhu).

E mฤfanafana loa lava, ka ko hฤ“ki fafaga, lลซlลซ muamua te fagu huhu i taimi uma ke tau lelei ma hiaki te vevela i te fakamoti o ni moti huฤhuhu ki luga o tล tapulima.  Ko te huhu e tatau ke lagona te mฤfanafana i tล paku.

โ€˜Oku lava ke tauhi fakatolonga โ€˜a e huโ€˜ahuhuยด.

Manatuโ€˜i ke ngฤueโ€˜aki ha hina kuo โ€˜osi haka ke tauhi ai โ€˜a e huโ€˜ahuhuยด.

โ€˜E lava ke ke tauhi fakatolonga โ€˜a ho huโ€˜ahuhuยด โ€˜i he โ€˜aisi fakamokomokoยด โ€˜o aโ€˜u hake ki he houa โ€˜e 48 โ€˜i he tikilฤซ selisiasi โ€˜e 2-4 (โ€˜oku faโ€˜a tuku eni โ€˜i mui โ€˜i he konga ki lalo โ€˜o e โ€˜aisiยด, โ€˜o โ€˜oua โ€˜aupito โ€˜e tuku โ€˜i he matapaaยด).

โ€˜E lava ke tuku โ€˜a e huโ€˜ahuhuยด โ€˜i he tuโ€˜unga mฤfana pฤ“ โ€˜o e loki โ€˜oku mou โ€˜i aiยด โ€˜o aโ€˜u hake ki he houa โ€˜e 4.

โ€˜E lava ke tauhi fakatolonga โ€˜a ho huโ€˜ahuhuยด โ€˜o aโ€˜u hake ki he mฤhina โ€˜e 3 ki he 6 kapau โ€˜oku tuku โ€˜i he โ€˜aisi fakapolokaยด (freezer).

Tuku ke mole โ€˜a e polokaยด โ€˜i loto pฤ“ โ€˜i he loto โ€˜aisi fakamokomokoยด.  Ko โ€˜ene vaiaยด pฤ“ pea fakaโ€˜aongaโ€˜i leva ia.

โ€˜E ngali saiโ€˜ia โ€˜a hoโ€˜o pฤ“peeยด ke mafana โ€˜a โ€˜ene huโ€˜akauยด.  โ€˜Ai eni โ€˜i ha hina โ€˜o fokotuโ€˜u โ€˜i ha vai vela pea tuku eni ke aโ€˜u hake ki he tuโ€˜unga mฤfana tatau mo e mฤfana โ€˜o e sinoยด pea toki fafanga.  (โ€˜Oku โ€˜ikai poupouโ€˜i atu hono faโ€˜o eni โ€˜i he maikoloueiviยด koeโ€˜uhiยด ko e tลkehekehe โ€˜a e fua mฤfanaยด โ€˜a ia โ€˜e ala vela ai โ€˜a e ngutu โ€˜o hoโ€˜o pฤ“peeยด, pea โ€˜e hanga โ€˜e he vela ko iaยด โ€˜o tamateโ€˜i โ€˜a e ngaahi ivi polotini mo e ngaahi nฤunau faitoโ€˜o โ€˜i loto โ€˜i he huโ€˜ahuhuยด).

Hili pฤ“ โ€˜a hono fakamafanaยด, pea kimuโ€˜a โ€˜i he fafangaยด, lulu maโ€˜u pฤ“ โ€˜a e hina huโ€˜akauยด ke fefiohi lelei pea โ€˜ahiโ€˜ahiโ€˜i โ€˜a hono mafanaยด โ€˜aki hano luluโ€˜i hifo โ€˜o ha ngaahi mataโ€˜i tulutฤ ki ho kiaโ€˜inimaยด.  โ€˜Oku totonu ke kiโ€˜i mฤmฤfana pฤ“ eni โ€˜i he โ€˜ene tau โ€˜i ho kiliยด.

Ka meitaki te ลซ tangata i te akaputuโ€˜ia.

Kia maara ia koe e, ei vairanga ลซ kua oti meitaki i te tamaโ€˜ia ma te kore e tiemu i roto, ka tuku ei koe i te ลซ ki roto i reira.

Ka rauka ia koe i te akaputu i toou ลซ i akataโ€˜e koe ki roto i te kaparata aisi (fridge) no tetai 48 ora e kia tano te vaito anu ki te 2 โ€“ 4 tikiri C (ki muri i te ope o te vairanga o raro mai o te fridge, auraka rava e, ki roto i te ngutupa).

Ka rauka ia koe i te akaruke i te ลซ tangata no tetai 4 ora ki roto i tetai ua atu piโ€˜a o te ngutuare.

Ka meitaki toou ลซ akataโ€˜e kia akarukeโ€˜ia no tetai 3 ki te 6 marama ki roto i te piโ€˜a anu tikai o te fridge (freezer).

E akaruke koe i toou ลซ tei toka anu kia taโ€˜e akaou rai i roto i te fridge.  Me akamata akaou ana i te taโ€˜e, e ta-angaanga viviki koe i te reira, i te reira taime rai.

Penei ka reka taau pepe i te ลซ tei tฤmaanaanaโ€˜ia.  Tukuโ€˜ia te moina ลซ ki roto i tetai vairanga e vai vera to roto, ka akaruke ei kia taena te turanga vaito maana o te kopapa, i mua ake ka angai ei koe.  (Kare te tฤmaana ki roto i te microwave e tau kia raveia no te mea, ka pakapaka te vaโ€˜a o taau pepe i te turanga vera tuketuke o te microwave, e ka kino te turanga meitaki e te turanga paruru o te ลซ tangata).

Me maana ana, e i mua ake ka akamata ai koe i te angai, e takaviriviri meitaki koe i te vairanga ลซ kia kairo meitaki tikai, ma te akapapu i te turanga vaito o te vera na roto i te topataโ€˜anga i tetai au topatapata ลซ ki roto ake i toou atiโ€˜anga o te rima (wrist).  Ko te tikaโ€˜anga, te maana ra te ลซ i runga i toou pakiri.  

ไนณๆฑๅฏไปฅๅ‚จๅญ˜ใ€‚

่ฎฐไฝ่ฆไฝฟ็”จๆถˆๆฏ’่ฟ‡็š„ๅฎนๅ™จๆฅ็››ๅฅถใ€‚

ๆ‚จๅฏไปฅๆŠŠๆ‚จ็š„ไนณๆฑๅœจๅ†ฐ็ฎฑ้‡Œไปฅ2ๅˆฐ4ๆ‘„ๆฐๅบฆ๏ผˆ้€šๅธธๅœจๅ†ฐ็ฎฑไธ‹ๅŠ้ƒจๅˆ†้ ๅŽ่พน็š„ไฝ็ฝฎๆ”พ็ฝฎ๏ผŒไธ่ฆๆ”พๅœจ้—จไธŠ๏ผ‰็š„ๆธฉๅบฆๅญ˜ๆ”พๅคš่พพ48ๅฐๆ—ถใ€‚

ๅœจๅฎคๆธฉๆกไปถไธ‹๏ผŒๆ‚จๅฏไปฅๆŠŠไนณๆฑๅญ˜ๆ”พๆœ€ๅคš4ไธชๅฐๆ—ถใ€‚

ๆ‚จ็š„ไนณๆฑๅฏไปฅๅœจๅ†ฐ็ฎฑ็š„ๅ†ทๅ†ปๆŸœ้‡Œๅญ˜ๆ”พๆœ€ๅคš่พพ3ๅˆฐ6ไธชๆœˆใ€‚

่ฎฉๆ‚จ็š„ๅ†ฐๅ†ปไนณๆฑๅœจๅ†ฐ็ฎฑๅ†…่‡ช่กŒ่งฃๅ†ปใ€‚่งฃๅ†ปไน‹ๅŽ๏ผŒ็ซ‹ๅณไฝฟ็”จใ€‚

ๆ‚จ็š„ๅฉดๅ„ฟไนŸ่ฎธไผšๅ–œๆฌขๆธฉๅฅถใ€‚ๆŠŠๅฅถ็“ถ็ซ‹ๆ”พๅœจ็››ๆœ‰็ƒญๆฐด็š„ๅฎนๅ™จไธญๅŠ ็ƒญๅˆฐไฝ“ๆธฉ็š„ๆธฉๅบฆ๏ผŒ็„ถๅŽๅ†ๅ–‚็ป™ๅฉดๅ„ฟใ€‚๏ผˆไธๆŽจ่ไฝฟ็”จๅพฎๆณข็‚‰ๅŠ ็ƒญ๏ผŒๅ› ไธบๅŠ ็ƒญไธๅŒ€ไผš็ƒซไผคๅฉดๅ„ฟ็š„ๅ˜ด๏ผŒ่€Œไธ”้ซ˜ๆธฉไผšๆŸๅฎณๆฏไนณ็š„้ฃŸ็‰ฉไปทๅ€ผๅ’ŒๅฅๅบทไฟๆŠค็‰นๆ€งใ€‚๏ผ‰

ไธ€ๆ—ฆๅŠ ็ƒญไน‹ๅŽ๏ผŒๅœจๅ–‚้ฃŸไน‹ๅ‰๏ผŒๅŠกๅฟ…่ฆๆ‘‡ๆ™ƒๅฅถ็“ถ๏ผŒไฝฟไนณๆฑๅ‡ๅŒ€๏ผŒ็„ถๅŽๆ‘‡ๅ‡บๅ‡ ๆปดไนณๆฑๅˆฐๆ‚จ็š„ๆ‰‹่…•ๅ†…ไพงไธŠๆต‹่ฏ•ๆธฉๅบฆใ€‚็šฎ่‚คไธŠ็š„ไนณๆฑๅบ”่ฏฅๆ„Ÿๅˆฐๆธฉๆš–ไธบๅฎœใ€‚

ๆฏไนณๅฏไปฅๅ„ฒๅญ˜ใ€‚

่ซ‹่จ˜ๅพ—ไฝฟ็”จ็ถ“ๆถˆๆฏ’้Ž็š„ๅฎนๅ™จๅญ˜ๆ”พๆฏไนณใ€‚

ๆ‚จๅฏไปฅๅฐ‡ๆฏไนณๅœจๅ…ง้ƒจๆบซๅบฆ็‚บ2-4ๆ”ๆฐๅบฆ็š„ๅ†ฐ็ฎฑๅ…งๅญ˜ๆ”พๆœ€ๅคš้”48ๅฐๆ™‚ (้€šๅธธๆ˜ฏๆ”พๅœจๅ†ฐ็ฎฑไธ‹ๅŠ้ƒจ็š„ๅพŒๆ–น๏ผŒๅˆ‡ๅ‹ฟๆ”พๅœจ้–€้‚Š)ใ€‚

ๆ‚จๅฏไปฅๅœจๅฎคๆบซไธ‹ๅญ˜ๆ”พๆฏไนณๆœ€ๅคš้”4ๅฐๆ™‚ใ€‚

ๆ‚จ็š„ๆฏไนณๅฏไปฅๅœจๅ†ทๅ‡ๅบซไธญๅญ˜ๆ”พ3ๅˆฐ6ๅ€‹ๆœˆใ€‚

่ฎ“ๅ†ทๅ‡็š„ๆฏไนณๅœจๅ†ฐ็ฎฑไธญ่‡ช่กŒ่งฃๅ‡ใ€‚่งฃๅ‡ ไน‹ๅพŒ้ฆฌไธŠไฝฟ็”จใ€‚

ๆ‚จ็š„ๅฏถๅฏถๅฏ่ƒฝๅ–œๆญกๆบซๆฏไนณใ€‚ๅฐ‡ๅฅถ็“ถๅœจ่ฃๆœ‰็†ฑๆฐด็š„ๅฎนๅ™จไธญ๏ผŒไฝฟๅ…ถๅŠ ๆบซๅˆฐ้ซ”ๆบซ็š„ๆบซๅบฆๅ†้คตใ€‚(ๅปบ่ญฐไธ่ฆๅฐ‡็“ถๅญๆ”พๅ…ฅๅพฎๆณข็ˆไธญๅŠ ็†ฑ๏ผŒๅ› ็‚บไธๅนณๅ‡็š„็†ฑๅบฆๅฏ่ƒฝ็‡™ๅ‚ทๅฏถๅฏถ็š„ๅ˜ด๏ผŒ่€Œไธ”้ซ˜ๆบซๅฏ่ƒฝ็ ดๅฃžๆฏไนณ็š„้ฃŸ็‰ฉ็‡Ÿ้คŠๅƒนๅ€ผๅŠไฟๅฅ็‰น่ณช)ใ€‚

ๆบซ็†ฑไน‹ๅพŒใ€้คต้ฃŸไน‹ๅ‰๏ผŒ่จ˜ๅพ—ๆ—‹่ฝ‰็››ๅฅถๅฎนๅ™จ๏ผŒๅ……ๅˆ†ๆ”ชๅ‹ป๏ผŒไธฆไธ”ๅฐ‡ๅนพๆปดๅฅถๆฐดๅ€’ๅˆฐๆ‚จ็š„ๆ‰‹่…•ๅ…งๅดไธŠไปฅๆธฌ่ฉฆๆบซๅบฆใ€‚ๅฅถๆฐดๅœจๆ‚จ็š„็šฎ่†šไธŠๆ‡‰่ฉฒๆœ‰้ปžๅพฎๆบซใ€‚

๋ชจ์œ ๋Š” ์ €์žฅํ•ด ๋‘˜ ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

๊ผญ ์†Œ๋…๋œ ์šฉ๊ธฐ์— ๋ชจ์œ ๋ฅผ ๋‹ด์•„๋‘์‹ญ์‹œ์˜ค.

๋ชจ์œ ๋Š” ์„ญ์”จ 2~4๋„์˜ ๋ƒ‰์žฅ๊ณ ์—์„œ 48 ์‹œ๊ฐ„ ๋ณด๊ด€ ๊ฐ€๋Šฅํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค(๋ƒ‰์žฅ๊ณ  ํ•˜๋‹จ ์•ˆ์ชฝ์— ๋ณด๊ด€.  ๋ฌธ ์นธ์€ ์ ˆ๋Œ€ ๊ธˆ์ง€).

์‹ค์˜จ ์ƒํƒœ์—์„œ๋Š” ์ตœ๊ณ  4์‹œ๊ฐ„๊นŒ์ง€ ๋‘˜ ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

๋ƒ‰๋™๊ณ ์—๋Š” ์ตœ๊ณ  3~6๊ฐœ์›”๊ฐ„ ๋ณด๊ด€ ๊ฐ€๋Šฅํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

๋ƒ‰๋™์‹œํ‚จ ๋ชจ์œ ๋Š” ๋ƒ‰์žฅ๊ณ ์— ๋„ฃ์–ด ์Šค์Šค๋กœ ํ•ด๋™๋˜๊ฒŒ ๊ธฐ๋‹ค๋ ธ๋‹ค๊ฐ€ ๋…น์œผ๋ฉด ๋ฐ”๋กœ ์‚ฌ์šฉํ•˜์‹ญ์‹œ์˜ค.

์•„๊ธฐ๊ฐ€ ๋”ฐ๋œปํ•œ ๋ชจ์œ ๋ฅผ ์ข‹์•„ํ• ์ง€๋„ ๋ชจ๋ฆ…๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.  ๋œจ๊ฑฐ์šด ๋ฌผ์„ ๋‹ด์€ ์šฉ๊ธฐ ์•ˆ์— ์ –๋ณ‘์„ ์„ธ์›Œ๋†“๊ณ  ์ฒด์˜จ๊ณผ ๋น„์Šทํ•œ ์˜จ๋„๊ฐ€ ๋  ๋•Œ๊นŒ์ง€ ๊ธฐ๋‹ค๋ ธ๋‹ค๊ฐ€ ์•„๊ธฐ์—๊ฒŒ ๋จน์ž…๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.  (๋ชจ์œ ๋ฅผ ๋ฐ์šธ ๋•Œ ์ „์ž๋ ˆ์ธ์ง€๋ฅผ ์ด์šฉํ•˜์ง€ ์•Š๋Š” ๊ฒƒ์ด ์ข‹์Œ.  ๊ท ์ผํ•˜๊ฒŒ ๊ฐ€์—ด๋˜์ง€ ์•Š์•„ ์•„๊ธฐ ์ž…์ด ๋ฐ๊ฑฐ๋‚˜ ๊ฐ€์—ด ๊ณผ์ •์— ๋ชจ์œ ์˜ ์˜์–‘์†Œ์™€ ๊ฑด๊ฐ• ํšจ๋Šฅ ์„ฑ๋ถ„์ด ํŒŒ๊ดด๋  ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ๊ธฐ ๋•Œ๋ฌธ)

๋ชจ์œ ๊ฐ€ ๋ฐ์›Œ์ง€๋ฉด ํ•ญ์ƒ ๊ทธ ์šฉ๊ธฐ ๋ณ‘์„ ๋น™๋น™ ๋Œ๋ ค ์ž˜ ์„ž์€ ๋’ค ์†๋ชฉ ์•ˆ์ชฝ์— ๋ช‡ ๋ฐฉ์šธ์„ ๋–จ์–ดํŠธ๋ ค ์˜จ๋„๊ฐ€ ์ ๋‹นํ•œ์ง€ ํ™•์ธํ•˜๊ณ  ๋จน์ž…๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.  ์†๋ชฉ ํ”ผ๋ถ€์— ๋”ฐ๋œปํ•œ ๋А๋‚Œ์ด ์˜ค๋Š” ์ •๋„์˜ ์˜จ๋„์—ฌ์•ผ ํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

Key messages

Breastmilk can be stored.

Remember to use a sterilised container to put the milk in.

You can store your breastmilk in the fridge for up to 48 hours at 2 to 4 degrees Celsius (usually at the back in the lower half of the fridge, never in the door).

You can keep breastmilk at room temperature for up to 4 hours.

Your breastmilk can be stored for up to 3 to 6 months in a freezer.

Allow your frozen breastmilk to defrost itself in the fridge. When it is thawed, use it straightaway.

Your baby might like warm milk. Stand the bottle in a container of hot water and let it heat to body temperature before feeding. (Microwaving bottles is not recommended because the uneven heating can burn your baby's mouth, and the heat can damage the food value and health protecting qualities of breastmilk.)

Once warmed, and before feeding always swirl the container of milk to mix well and test the temperature by shaking a few drops of milk on the inside of your wrist.  The milk should feel just warm on your skin.

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