Breastfeeding Expressing breast milk

When direct breastfeeding is not possible, the mother can express (artificially removed and saved) in her milk. Manual massage or with a breast pump, she can express milk and store it in freezer bags, a supplemental nursing system, or a bottle ready for use. Breast milk can be stored at room temperature for up to six hours [edit] refrigerator for up to eight days or frozen for up to 4-6 months. Studies have shown that the antioxidant activity of human milk decreases over time, but it is still higher than infant formula.

Removal of breast milk can maintain the supply of milk from a mother when she and her son are separated. If a sick baby is unable to feed expressed milk can be fed by nasogastric tube.

Breast milk can also be used when a mother has trouble breastfeeding.

"Exclusively express", "exclusively pumping" and "Eping" are terms of a mother feeds her baby exclusively on breast milk, although not physically breast-feeding. This may occur because the baby is unable or refuses to latch on. With good pumping habits, particularly in the first 12 weeks when the supply of milk is introduced, it can produce enough milk to feed the baby, as long as you love your mother.

It is generally advised to delay using a bottle to feed expressed breast milk until the baby is 4-6 weeks and are good to suck directly from the breast. [84] As sucking a bottle takes less effort, babies lose their desire to breastfeed. This is called nursing strike or nipple confusion. To avoid this when feeding expressed breast milk (EBM) before 4-6 weeks of age, it is recommended that breast milk provided by other means such as feeding or spoon feeding cups. In addition, EBM is given by someone other than the breastfeeding mother (or nurse), so the child can learn to associate direct feeding with the mother (or nurse) and a bottle s' associate with other people. [Edit]

Some women donate their expressed breast milk (EBM) to others, either directly or through a milk bank. While historically the use of wet nurses was common, some women do not like the idea of ​​feeding children with milk from another woman, others like to be able to give your baby the benefits of breast milk. Milk Breastfeeding is expressed by donors or the baby's mother is feeding method of choice for premature babies. Viral disease transmission through breastfeeding may prevent breast milk expression and present it to the Holder pasteurization.