There is no difference in nurturing babies between professional woman and home-working woman. Collect your breast milk in advance and put it in the fridge when you must leave your baby to the family or baby-sitters. They can warm up the bottle and feed your baby with your breast milk; and then breast-feed your baby in person after you get out of work.
Methods for breast-feeding your baby after returning to work:
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Preserve the squeezed out milk in the fridge every night; when you go to work, leave the milk bottle to your baby-sitter.
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Breast-feed your baby before departing for work; squeeze out breast milk during work break, once every 3-4 hours; leave the squeezed out milk in the refrigerator and bring it home to your baby.
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When you first start to squeeze out milk out of your breast, the quantity of milk is few. Once your techniques are improved, you should be able to milk out sufficient amount to feed your baby.
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It is for the best that baby can suck on your breast directly when you go home.
Methods for preservation and its usage:
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Leave your breast milk under 25℃; for colostrums, you may keep it for 12-24 hours and mature breast milk for 6-8 hours.
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You may store your milk in the refrigerator for 2 weeks and 3 months when put in a separated fridge.
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When the milk is taken out of the fridge and heat up; you may leave it in normal house temperature for four hours and feed it to your baby; if you leave it in the refrigerator, use it within 24 hours. Do not keep the defrosted milk in the fridge again.
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Defrost milk in the warm water; for milk yet to be fed, use it up in 4 hours even when you store it in the refrigerator. Do not put it back to the fridge again.
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Heat up milk in lukewarm water with temperature of 60℃ or less; do not heat it up with microwave or on a stove, heat up the amount needed for the baby. Remember: frozen milk is non-uniform, gently shake it once it is defrosted.
Ways to milk your breast:
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Hand push: it is the most effective and convenient way; nursery mom should learn the method to keep your milk gland unblocked to relieve breast swelling.
(1) Washes your hands thoroughly.
(2) Bring the vessel close to your breast and adjust your posture.
(3) Put your thumb above areola and index finger underneath areola of your breast, press toward thoracic wall.
(4) Use your thumb and index finger to press on the back areola of the nipple in order to get milk out of lactic sinus.
(5) Extrudes each direction with the similar method to make sure all milk is squeezed out.
(6) It should not hurt when you press on your breast; if it does hurt, your technique may be wrong. It is hard to milk your breast in the beginning, after a few pressing, it should start dripping. If the reaction is active, breast milk should blow out like an eruptive fountain.
(7) Do not slide your fingers down the skin or pressing on merely nipple because it does not squeeze out milk.
(8) It usually takes at least 5-10 minutes to milk each side of your breast; switch to another side of the breast when the amount of milk gradually diminishes.
(9) It could take 20-30 minutes for the first few days of your milking breast, just be patient and practice.
(10) When milking your breast, use one bottle at a time as the principle, and mark dates and time outside of the vessel.
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Milk with apparatus:
Most profession women use this to milk; if they are familiar with the method and collect with patience, they should be able to collect 120c.c. of milk.
(1) Carefully read through the manual when you first use it, take the pump cover out and boil it with a steam pot for 10 minutes.
(2) Wash it every time you use it and dry the spare one.
(3) Alternately pump both sides of the breast; if you have a hard time drawing out more milk, put a heat pad on your breast and gently massage your breast downward or take a deep breath before giving it another try.
(4) Put your milk in the fridge for preservation.
Milks suitable time:
Milking frequency varies with how long you have left your baby; to prevent milk overflow, milk your breast every 3-4 hours. Raise your arm when breast milk drips during inappropriate timing and press your nipple for 1-2 minutes. Do not use this method too often. It is better to milk your breast because your breast will naturally regulate its milking time, so milk overflow will not happen again.
Proper location for milking:
It is better to milk your breast in a private office or isolated room for it is more private and relaxed. It is also more convenient to milk when you are dressed in clothes specifically designed for milking.
Our hospital is equipped with 24-hour breast-feeding consoling line, please make use of the service because we have professional nurses ready for your questions.
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