How to heat fresh breast milk

After giving birth, mothers begin to prepare a lot of plastic wrap bags for themselves. This is for storing breast milk, which is safe and non-toxic. When you feel your breasts begin to swell, you can use a breast pump to suck out the milk and put it in a plastic milk bag. You can take it out and feed it to your baby at any time. The unfinished milk can be refrigerated in the refrigerator. However, some people will directly take out the health-care breast milk and heat it up. This method is still acceptable.

Can breast milk storage bags be heated?

Breast milk storage bags cannot be heated, and it is not recommended to heat thawed breast milk.

Do not use a microwave to thaw breast milk or heat it directly. [How long can a breast milk storage bag be kept? Pay attention to these when using a breast milk storage bag to feed your baby, because the heat is unevenly distributed and it is easy to burn the baby's mouth and tongue. High-temperature heating will also destroy some nutrients in breast milk. At the same time, if you don’t finish drinking the heated breast milk, do not refrigerate it again as it can easily breed bacteria.

Tips

There are many ways to thaw breast milk, but heating is a wrong thawing method, and breast milk storage bags are not suitable for heating. No matter what kind of heating method is used, it is not recommended.

How to store breast milk

Take out a milk storage bag, without sterilizing it, open the bag, and pour or squeeze the milk into it. Then let out the air and press along the lock until the bag is sealed. Finally, write the date and time on it with a pen.

Thawing breast milk

How to use

When thawing, you must pay attention to the method. First, rinse it with cold water, then slowly add hot water to the cold water until the milk is completely thawed and reaches a temperature that is convenient for your baby to drink. Never use a stove or microwave to thaw and warm the milk, as this may cause the nutrients in the milk to disappear.

Do not refreeze

After thawing, put it directly into the bottle and give it to your child. Thawed breast milk needs to be consumed within one day and cannot be re-frozen.

How to thaw breast milk

1. Thaw the frozen breast milk. There are many things to pay attention to here. You can put breast milk directly into the thawing chamber, but this may take several hours to thaw, so it is best to prepare what you will need for the next day the night before.

2. You can put it in a bowl of warm water to thaw slowly. When the warm water becomes cold, pour it out and replace it with warm water until the breast milk is thawed.

3. The fastest way to thaw is to run the tap with warm water.

4. When thawing, remember to choose the part that has been stored the longest based on the date marked at that time.

5. Remember not to use a microwave to thaw breast milk, because the high temperature may destroy some of the nutrients in the breast milk. In addition, microwave ovens do not heat evenly, and the overheated parts may burn your baby's lips and throat.

6. Do not heat breast milk in a kettle, as this will cause the temperature to be too high or even boil, which will seriously destroy the nutrients.