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Guidelines for Storing Expressed Breast Milk
° Refrigerate breast milk immediately. Refrigerate for up to 24 hours in the back of the
refrigerator, not in the door.
° Freeze for up to 3 months, or 6 months in a zero-degree freezer.
° Frozen breast milk can be defrosted overnight in the refrigerator, thawed in warm
water or heated on the lowest setting of a bottle warmer or baby food warmer.
° NEVER refreeze breast milk.
° If you express small amounts of milk throughout the day, you can top up the milk container
by keeping it in the refrigerator and adding to it. Make sure the milk is used within 24 hours
of the first expression, or store it in the freezer.
° DO NOT add fresh breast milk to already frozen milk.
° ALWAYS discard any milk that is left over at the end of a feed.
Note: Only milk collected with a clean, sanitized pump should be stored to be fed to your baby. Sanitize Breast
Milk Containers before use or express milk directly into pre-sterilized VIA Cups.
Never immerse a frozen bottle or liner in boiling water as this may cause it
to crack/split.
Transporting Expressed Breast Milk
° Please refer to Tote Bag Instructions for complete
directions on how to store and transport breast
milk using the Thinsulate
™
carriers.
° When removed from the freezer, four cool packs
will keep one 4 oz /125 ml or one 9 oz /260 ml
container of freshly expressed breast milk sufficiently
chilled inside a Thinsulate carrier and insulated bag
for up to 6 hours. Ensure that both the storage
containers and carriers are placed upright in the bag
to prevent leaking. Also make sure that the Thinsulate
carriers are completely zipped.
° Be sure to keep the cool packs frozen until they
are ready to use and refrigerate milk immediately
after removing it from the insulated bags.
° In hot climates, avoid storing Thinsulate carriers or
the travel bag containing expressed milk in a car,
office, cabinet etc. Milk must be sufficiently chilled
to avoid spoilage.
Please note: Milk storage times vary
based on collection and storage
conditions.This storage information is
only a suggestion. Please contact your
health professional or breastfeeding
advisor about milk storage guidelines.
Storing Your Expressed Breast Milk
Need Help? Call us at 1.800.54.AVENT or visit www.philips.com/AVENT
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Using Philips AVENT products interchangeably,
you can pump, store and feed with the same
container, preserving valuable nutrients that can
get lost if breast milk is transferred.
With your Twin Electronic Breast Pump or Manual Breast Pump, you can express milk
directly into pre-sterilized VIA Cups.VIA Cups are safe, sturdy and offer protection for
pumping, storing and feeding breast milk.
Get VIA and Get Going!
• Twist-on VIA Lid seals tightly to VIA Cup for leak-proof storing or freezing
• Writable and stackable cups make it easy to organize
• Compatible system lets you pump, store and feed using the same cup
• Sturdy VIA Cups heat easily and quickly in a bottle warmer
AVENT VIA:
After expressing milk into an AVENT container,
click a sealing disc into the screw ring and twist
onto the container.To feed, just replace the sealing
disc with an AVENT Naturally Shaped Nipple.
Storing Your Expressed Breast Milk
