Expressing help

[eagermom]

Hi ladies... Im a sit at home mum...

Have to go out tonight leaving DD with mil... I exclusively bf not expressing much.. Nd m low on supply...

Just wanted to know can i pump out accross the day and mix it in a bottle... Dd will need one feedin till i return... Can i refrigerate that??

 

[austinsmom]

Yes, go ahead and mix them together. I mix my milk even if it's days apart, lol.

 

[lisaf]

has your LO had a bottle before? Just a heads up that they may not take it right away

But yes, you can mix feeds from a 24-hour period together safely (best way is to wait until both portions are cooled before combining, otherwise it may warm up the 'older' milk and reduce its shelf-life). I've mixed together feeds from more than a 24 hour period, and I've even added warm milk to cold, but I only ever do that once, not repeatedly.

It keeps for 5 days in the fridge

 

[eagermom]

has your LO had a bottle before? Just a heads up that they may not take it right away

But yes, you can mix feeds from a 24-hour period together safely (best way is to wait until both portions are cooled before combining, otherwise it may warm up the 'older' milk and reduce its shelf-life). I've mixed together feeds from more than a 24 hour period, and I've even added warm milk to cold, but I only ever do that once, not repeatedly.

It keeps for 5 days in the fridge

yes.. she has had bottle before.. coz i had a breastinfection on my left side and doc asked me to feed her on that side.. but the cut was so darn bad and i had to start expressing and feed her through a bottle.. but that reallly made iit difficult for us to get proper latch again.. but now things are good so i dont want to risk it.. but have my 6 weeks OB-GYN appt and DD is down with cold so dont want to take her along in this rainy cold weather...



will feed her well before leaving.. and try to be back in 2 hours so would take care of the schedule.. but if in case it takes longer dont want mil to feed her with formula,... so to be on a safer side will express around 3-4 oz before leaving..