Storing Breast Milk; Storing Breast Milk In Your Medela Cooler Bag; Storage Guidelines For Freshly Expressed Breast Milk - Medela Harmony 67161W2 Instrucciones De Uso

8. Storing Breast Milk

WARNING
• Do not thaw frozen breast milk in a
microwave or in a pan of boiling water.
• Do not microwave breast milk.
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 breast milk.)
NOTE
• If the ice pack is frozen solid, it will safely
cool your breast milk for up to 10 hours
in a room temperature environment
inside your pump bag or up to 8 hours
in a room temperature environment,
inside the cooler, stored outside of the
pump bag.
8.2

Storage Guidelines for Freshly Expressed Breast Milk

Room
Temperature
60°F to 77°F
(16° C to 25° C)
Up to 4 hours
is best
*Up to 6 hours
for milk
expressed
under very
clean
conditions
References: www.BreastmilkGuidelines.com
20
(For Healthy Term Babies)
Refrigerator
39°F (4°C) 0°F (-18°C)
or colder
Up to 3 days Up to 6 months
is best
*Up to 5 days *Up to 9 months
for milk
expressed
under very
clean
conditions
8. 1 Storing Breast Milk In
Your Medela Cooler Bag
(sold separately).
The Medela cooler bag (sold separately)
requires one contoured ice pack (included
with the cooler bag) for cooling up to four
5oz bottles of breast milk.
• As soon as you are finished pumping,
place the breast milk bottles or breast
milk storage bags in the cooler bag
with the ice pack.
• Transfer breast milk bottles or breast
milk storage bags to the refrigerator or
freezer once you
are home.
Freezer
Breast Milk
Thawed in the
or colder
Refrigerator
is best temperature:
Up to 2 hours
for milk
expressed Refrigerator:
under very Up to 24 hours
clean DO NOT
conditions REFREEZE
At room