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4. Getting started
4.1 First steps
To be ready for expressing milk do the following before using your breast pump
for the first time:
1. Charge the battery
of your Freestyle Hands-free breast pump for two hours –
see
chapter 4.3
.
2. Separate all parts
that are exposed to the breast or breast milk prior to cleaning –
see
chapter 5
.
3.
Please ensure to boil all parts of the collection cups before first use –
see
chapter 6.2
and
6.3
.
4.2 Powering your breast pump
There are two ways to power your breast pump for your pumping session:
By the rechargeable battery
By the power adapter/cable
freestyle
or
fre
est
yle
Supply
socket
Before first time use, charge the breast
pump battery for two hours with the
power adapter.
Æ
The battery display shows all three
bars when charging is complete.
For details on the battery display
see
chapter 8.3
.
Plug the power cable into the supply
socket on top of the motor unit.
For details on powering your
breast pump/charging the battery
see
chapter 4.3
.
