Medela Freestyle 27260, Manual

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7.1.1 Storing breastmilk in Freestyle cooler bag
I The Freestyle cooler bag with contoured ice pack will provide cooling
up to 4 -150ml bottles of breastmilk for up to 10 hours in a room
temperature environment.
I As soon as you are fi nished breastpumping, place the breastmilk
bottle or breastmilk storage bag in the cooler bag with the ice pack
and zip close cooler bag.
I Transfer breastmilk bottles or breastmilk storage bag to the
refrigerator or freezer once you are home.
I If the ice pack is frozen solid, it will safely cool your breastmilk for up to 10
hours in a room temperature environment when the ice pack and milk are
being stored in the Freestyle cooler bag.
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4. Freeze milk in small portions, 60ml to 120ml per bottle or bag. Smaller
amounts thaw more quickly.
5. When freezing breastmilk, do not fi ll bottles more than 3/4 full and bags more
than 150ml to allow room for liquid to expand. Cool milk prior to freezing.
Never refreeze breastmilk that has been thawed.
6. Use solid lids and seal bottles tightly if you intend to refrigerate breastmilk for
several days or freeze it.
7.1 Breastmilk storage
(Please check with your hospital or health care professional for specifi c storage
instructions, if needed.)
Test prior to freezing. In rare cases stored milk may develop an off odour. Fill 1 or
2 bags and freeze for 24 hours as a test prior to storing signifi cant quantities of milk.
1. Wash hands before touching bottles/bags and avoid touching the interior of
bottles or lids.
2. Breastpump into clean bottles. If using Pump & Save bags, always use a new
bag.
3. Label bottles or bags with the collection date if you are not using the milk
immediately.
Room
temperature
Reference: www.breastmilkguidelines.com
Cooler with
ice packs
Refrigerator
Thawed
breastmilk
Freezer
Freshly expressed breastmilk
storage guidelines
(for healthy term babies)
4–6 hours
at 19–26°C
24 hours
at 15°C
3–8 days
at 4°C
Use within
24 hrs
6–12
months
-18–-20°C
7. Breastmilk Handling
I Do not thaw frozen breastmilk in a microwave or in a pan of boiling water.
I 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.)
WARNING