Expression of Breast Milk
Indications for expression of breast milk for women who infants cannot brestfeed effectively but are able to oral feeds by spoon/ paladai or by Oro-gastric tube.
Methods of expression of Breast Milk
1. By using hands
Most useful or preferred method
2. By using pumps
Manually operated
Electrical pump
Expressing the milk , 8 to 10 times/day, Express milk every 3 hours.
To establish lactation, feed a low birth weight (LBW) or sick newborn.
Start to express milk on the first day within 6 hours of delivery.
She express few drops of colostrum at first, but it helps breast milk production to begin.
Expressed milk, to relieve symptoms such as engorgement if breasts.
Expression of Breast Milk procedure
Step 1
Preparation of container, cup, glass, jar with wide mouth.
Step 2
Massaging breast before expression. Wet warm towel and wrap it around breast. Let it be there for 5 minutes.
With 2 fingers, massage breast using circular motion of finger, pulp of finger.
Massage 5-10 minutes on each breast before expression of milk.
Step 3
Expression of breast milk. Press her thumb and first finger slightly inward outward breast chest wall.
Press and release milk.
Adequate expression 20-30 minutes of breast milk take.
Stroage of Expressed Breast Milk
Stored at Can be stored
At room temperature 6 hours
In refrigerator 24 hours
In freezer
At 4 degree Celsius 2 weeks
At 20 degree Celsius 3 months
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