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5 Repeat step 4 rapidly 5 or 6 times to initiate the ‘let-down’ reex.
Warning: Do not continue pumping for more than ve minutes at a time if you do
not succeed in expressing any milk. Try to express at another time during the day.
6 Adopt a slower rhythm by pressing down the handle and keeping it pressed down for up to
3 seconds before you let it return to its resting position. Continue in this way while your milk is
owing. If your hand becomes tired, try to use the other hand to operate the breast pump or rest
your arm across your body to pump from the opposite breast.
Note: Do not worry if your milk does not ow immediately. Relax and continue pumping.
Repositioning the breast pump on your breast from time to time can help stimulate milk ow.
7 On average, you need to pump for 10 minutes to express 60-125 ml (2-4 oz) of breast milk
from one breast. However, this is just an indication and varies from woman to woman.
8 When you have nished expressing, carefully remove the breast pump from your breast and
unscrew the bottle or storage cup from the pump body, ready for feeding or storage.
Clean the other used parts of the breast pump.
Note: If you regularly express more than 125 ml per session, you can purchase and use a 260 ml
(9 oz) Philips Avent bottle to prevent overlling and spillage.
After use
Storing breast milk
Warning: Only store breast milk collected with a clean and disinfected pump.
Breast milk can be stored in the fridge (not in the door) for up to 48 hours. Expressed milk should be
refrigerated immediately. If you store milk in the fridge to add to during the day, only add milk that
has been expressed into a clean and disinfected bottle or breast milk container. Breast milk can be
stored in the freezer for up to three months as long as it is kept in either disinfected bottles tted with
a disinfected screw ring and sealing disc or in disinfected storage cups with a disinfected lid. Clearly
label the bottle or storage cup with the date and time of expression and use older breast milk rst.
If you intend to feed your baby with the expressed breast milk within 48 hours, you can store the
breast milk in the fridge in an assembled Philips Avent bottle or storage cup. Unscrew the bottle or
storage cup and remove it from the pump body.
1 Insert a disinfected sealing disc into a disinfected screw ring and screw this onto the bottle
(Fig. 15). Seal the teat with the cap.
2 Assemble a disinfected teat and screw ring onto the bottle (Fig. 16) or storage cup according to
the separate instructions provided with the bottle or storage cup and seal the teat with the cap.
3 In case a storage cup is included with the manual breast pump, screw the lid onto the storage
cup. Make sure you properly close it to avoid leakage (Fig. 17).
Do’s
- Always refrigerate or freeze expressed milk immediately.
- Only store milk collected with a cleaned and disinfected breast pump in cleaned bottles.
Don’ts
- Never refreeze thawed breast milk.
- Never add fresh breast milk to frozen breast milk.
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