Health-and-Nutrition/C2/Storage-of-expressed-breastmilk/English

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Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Storage of expressed breastmilk.
Image: Breast milk in a labelled closed glass container In this tutorial, we will learn,
  • How to store expressed breastmilk safely for later use
Image: Collage of benefits of hand expression

GIF: Hand expression of breastmilk

Let us begin.

Expressing breastmilk has many benefits for the baby and the mother.

Image: Collage of benefits of hand expression

GIF: Hand expression of breastmilk

Expressing breastmilk by hand is explained in another tutorial in the same series.
Image: Expressed breastmilk is handled safely to maintain its high quality

Image: Security sign

Expressed breastmilk must be handled and stored safely.

Doing so, will maintain its high quality for the baby.

Image: Mother is washing her hands.

Image: Mother is showing her dry and clean hands.

Before handling breastmilk -
  • Mother should wash her hands with soap and water and dry them properly
Image: Clean steel container with a lid.

Image: Clean glass container with a lid.

To store breastmilk-
  • Mother should use steel or glass wide-mouth containers that can be kept covered
Image: Clean steel container with a lid.

Image: Clean glass container with a lid. Image: Glass container with milk

Though steel containers are recommended,
  • we will use glass containers in some of the pictures


This will help us to clearly see the milk inside the container

Image: Mother is washing a wide mouth cup with soap and water Next, the mother should wash the chosen containers in soap and water
Image: Cup is kept in boiling water After that, she should keep the containers in boiling water for at least 10 minutes
Image: Glass container is air-dried completely

Image: Mother is wiping the container

Then, she should either
  • air dry the containers completely
  • Or wipe them dry with an unused clean cloth

The containers should never be dried with a used cloth such as a used kitchen cloth

Image: Mother pouring expressed breastmilk from the container she used to collect the breastmilk into the container for storage After the clean container is dried completely-
  • She should pour the expressed milk into the containers
Image: 60 ml breastmilk stored in a container

Image: 90 ml breastmilk stored in a container

Mother should store only enough milk -
  • for one feeding or
  • about 60 to 90 milliliters of milk in each container
Image: 1 inch space at the top of the container

Image: Frozen breastmilk is expanding and fills that 1 inch gap

If the mother plans to freeze her breastmilk -
  • She should leave an inch of space at the top of the container

Because breast milk expands as it freezes.

Image: Container is labelled with date and time She should label each container with the date and time of milk expression
Image: Breastmilk filled labelled container is stored in a fridge Then, she should store these breastmilk filled containers in the coldest possible place
Image: Breastmilk filled containers are stored in a fridge

Image: Fridge

If she has a fridge, it is best to save the milk there
Image: Breastmilk filled containers are stored in the back of the lowest shelf of the fridge.

Image: Breastmilk filled containers are stored in the front side of the highest shelf of the fridge with a red crossmark.

Image: Thermometer showing less than 4 degree celsius.

She should store the breastmilk in the back of the lowest shelf of the fridge.


This is the coldest area of a fridge


Never store the breastmilk in the door of a fridge

Image: thermometer for temperature

Image: Clock for time

Image: Expressed breastmilk

The lower the temperature of storage, the longer the storage time
Image: Breastmilk is stored up to 7 days in the fridge.

Image: 7 days

Image: Temperature of the fridge is between 2 and 8 degree Celsius.

Breast milk can be stored for up to 7 days in a fridge under clean conditions
Image: Milk in the fridge is kept cold consistently It must be kept cold consistently
Image: Father is opening the door of the fridge frequently

GIF: Temperature is rising.

Remember,

The more often the fridge door is opened, the more likely the temperature will rise

Image: Temperature of the fridge goes above 8 degree celsius

Image: Breastmilk is stored in the fridge

Image: Power cut

Image: Mother is using breastmilk within 6 hours

If the fridge temperature rises during storage time due to a power cut or other reasons -
  • then the mother should use the breastmilk within 6 hours
Image: Mother is throwing away the stored breastmilk If the breastmilk is not used within 6 hours, then she should throw it away
Image: Breastmilk filled labelled container is stored in a cold, dark place in the house. If the mother doesn’t have a fridge then -
  • breast milk can be stored up to 6 hours in a safe, cold and dark place in the house
Image: Breastmilk filled container is kept near a water-filled earthen pot

Image: Breastmilk filled container is kept in a vessel filled with cold water

If the room is hot, she can store the breastmilk -
  • Near an earthen pot filled with cold water
  • Or in a vessel filled with cold water
GIF: Clock running continuously

Image: Fresh breast milk protected from spoiling because of infection-fighting factors in it

Image: Cow’s milk transition from fresh to spoilt

Image: 6 hours clock

Image: sunrays

Image: Mother is feeding expressed breastmilk safely throughout the day. Show clock.

Fresh breast milk contains infection-fighting factors


Therefore, it can stay unspoilt longer than cow's milk


Germs do not start growing in fresh breast milk for at least 6 hours -

  • even in a hot climate, and outside the fridge
Image: Fridge is not available

Image: Cool bag

Image: Cool box

Image: deep frozen ice packs

Image: 24 hours

Another way to store breastmilk outside the fridge is -
  • By using a cool bag or box with deep-frozen ice packs, changed every 24 hours
Image: Milk coming in direct contact with ice packs

Image: Milk is protected from ice packs

Image: Frozen breastmilk

The milk must be protected from the ice packs or it may freeze
Image: Breastmilk is carried in a cool bag by mother. The cool bag can also be used to carry milk
GIF: 7 days

Image: Mother immediately freezes breastmilk after expressing it.

If the breast milk is to be stored for longer than 7 days-
  • Mother should freeze it as soon as possible after expressing
Image: Milk is frozen solid in the freezer of a fridge

Image: Single door fridge

Image: Solid milk

Image: 2 weeks

Milk which is frozen solid in the freezer of a fridge will be good for 2 weeks
Image: Breastmilk is frozen solid in a separate freezer

Image: Double door fridge

Image: 3 to 6 months

Milk stored in a separate freezer will be good for 3 to 6 months
Image: Frozen solid milk is defrosted in the fridge

Image: Milk solid to liquid

Image: 24 hours

When this previously frozen breast milk is defrosted -
  • by keeping it overnight on the lowest shelf of the fridge
    • it should be used within 24 hours


Image: Frozen solid milk is defrosted outside the fridge

Image: Mother immediately uses the outside defrosted milk

And when it is defrosted outside the fridge, it should be used within 2 hours


Image: Warming the expressed milk in warm water

Image: Mother is feeding expressed milk to the baby using a cup

In other tutorials, we have explained-
  • How to make stored breastmilk ready for the baby to drink
  • And how to feed expressed milk to the baby
‘’’Slide Number 2’’’

‘’’Acknowledgement Slide’’’

This brings us to the end of this tutorial

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