Contents:
- Medical Video: How to Store and Defrost Breastmilk! Helpful TIPS!
- How do you melt frozen milk?
- 1. Select breastmilk that is stored earlier
- 2. Do not arbitrarily melt frozen breast milk
- 3. Beat the milk that has melted slowly
- 4. Don't freeze the melted milk again
- Can breast milk be damaged if it is not warmed properly?
Medical Video: How to Store and Defrost Breastmilk! Helpful TIPS!
If you work or if your milk production is very large, the method of pumping breast milk and storing it in the cooler may be very useful for you. Breast milk is pumped with special tools, placed in bottles, dated, then stored inside freezer or cooler. You can use the stored milk later on.
How do you melt frozen milk?
The following is a guide to how to melt frozen breast milk that has been stored in the cooler.
1. Select breastmilk that is stored earlier
If you have stored a lot of milk in the cooler, you should choose breast milk that has been in the cooler for a long time to be used first. This is in accordance with the FIFO principle (first in first out), where you must issue or use breast milk which is entered first.
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For this reason, it is better before storing breast milk, you must give the date of manufacture first. Write the date when the milk is stored with a marker that is not easily lost. By giving a date to breast milk, you know how long the milk has been stored and which one you should use first. Breast milk is stored in freezer with a temperature of -15 ° C it can last up to 2 weeks.
2. Do not arbitrarily melt frozen breast milk
Melting frozen breast milk is its own way. This is applied to maintain nutrients and antibodies contained in frozen breast milk. The correct way to thaw frozen breast milk, namely:
- Frozen breast milk stored in freezer it should be moved to the bottom of the refrigerator or refrigerator that has a higher temperature. You may need several hours or overnight (24 hours) to dilute frozen breast milk in the refrigerator. Or, you can also melt frozen breast milk by running cold water on a frozen breast milk container, which is then followed by running warm water.
- If you need breast milk in a fast time, liquidate frozen milk with the help of warm water. Place a container containing frozen breast milk in a larger container filled with warm water. Remember, warm water (less than 37 ° C) is not hot water. Do not melt milk in very hot or deep water microwave. Also, do not boil frozen milk from time to time. Very hot temperatures can eliminate nutrients and damage the antibodies contained in milk, so it is useless if given to your baby. Heat milk with very hot or deep water microwave can also create hot spot or the hot part in breast milk, so the baby's mouth can burn.
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3. Beat the milk that has melted slowly
After the milk is liquid, maybe you will see two layers of milk, the fat layer above and the liquid layer underneath. This is a normal thing. To combine the two layers, you need to stir the milk or shake the baby's milk bottle before giving it to your baby. Beat it gently, don't shake it too hard.
4. Don't freeze the melted milk again
Melted frozen breast milk can last up to 24 hours in the refrigerator and only lasts up to 4 hours at room temperature. If frozen breastmilk is liquid but doesn't use it, you should not freeze the milk again. Frozen breastmilk that is liquid and more than 24 hours unused, should be discarded immediately.
The milk that has been given to the baby and does not run out can only last up to 1-2 hours. If the baby does not immediately consume it, then the milk should also be removed (do not freeze again).
Can breast milk be damaged if it is not warmed properly?
Many theories have said that don't warm breast milk frozen inside microwave, heated with a stove or boiled, or dipped in hot water. Frozen milk warmed too hot can cause milk to be damaged, nutrients and antibodies contained in breast milk can be lost.
In fact, the maximum temperature for heating breast milk is only 40 ° C, which for us is not too warm. If breast milk is heated with temperatures above 40 ° C, then the nutrients and antibodies in it can begin to decline.
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