is it ok to keep breast milk fpr acouple of hours and warm?

Answer 1

Breast milk can be kept in fridge 4 up to 24 hours,but don,t use if its been left out of fridge for 2 hours,and never warm up more than once.From a breast feeding mum...

Answer 2

According to the information that came with my breast pump, freshly expressed milk can be kept at room temperature (70 F, this is not warm to the touch) for 4 hours. Just keep it out of sunlight or near a heat source. I do this all the time. I pump and then it will be 2-3 hours before my son will eat it.

Answer 3

Lack of immediate access to refrigeration need not be a deterrent to expressing and storing human milk or dampen a mother's determination to continue breastfeeding if she returns to work. Research shows that human milk has an amazing capacity to resist bacterial growth, and can be kept at room temperature for up to ten hours. In a landmark study, mature human milk was expressed into clean, not sterile, containers, some stored at room temperature (19-22o C or 66 to 72o F) and some refrigerated for ten hours. The milk was then cultured to evaluate bacterial formation. No statistically significant difference was found between levels of bacteria in the milk that had been refrigerated and the milk stored at room temperature (Barger and Bull 1987).

Term Colostrum
(expressed within 6 days of delivery)
kept at room temperature 27-32 C (80.6-89.6 F) - 12 hours

Mature milk
kept at 15 C (59-60 F) - 24 hours
kept at 19-22 C (66-72 F) - 10 hours
kept at 25 C (79 F) - 4-6 hours
refrigerated 0-4 C (32-39 F) - 8 days


Frozen milk
freezer compartment located inside a refrigerator - 2 weeks
separate door refrigerator/freezer - 3 or 4 months (temperature varies because the door opens frequently)
separate deep freeze at constant -19 C (0 F) - 6 months or longer


If the milk will be frozen;

heavy plastic or glass containers can be used
freezer milk bags are available that are designed for storing human milk
disposable bottle liners are not recommended
cool milk in refrigerator before adding to a container of frozen milk


Thaw and/or heat under warm, running water; do not bring temperature of milk to boiling point; shake before testing the temperature; do not use a microwave oven to heat human milk.

If milk has been frozen and thawed, it can be refrigerated up to 24 hours for later use. It should not be refrozen.

Answer 4

Fresh breast milk can be kept at room temp for 10hrs (although I don't think I'd keep it out that long) Its fine in the fridge for 8-10 days. you can always run the chilled breast milk under warm water to warm it up. Try to make sure your containers are sterilized...this is the safest way to leave the breast milk out. You shouldn't really reuse milk after your baby has drank from the bottle since bacteria have now been introduced from baby's saliva.

Answer 5

I pump and upload each and all of the time and upload the warm milk to the chilled milk. i do no longer understand why it says that. i became working with an LC for low supply and have been given a Medla well-being facility grade pump. My son is now 8 months previous and that i've got been pumping after his feedings and giving him the greater useful milk in a million feeding each and each night it extremely is approximately 6 or so greater useful oz.. an afternoon. no longer some ingredient undesirable has got here approximately he's healthful and gaining good.

Answer 6

breast milk should be stored in a fridge for 24 hours or can also be frozen. it shouldn't be left out for over an hour because then it will start to go bad and can make your baby ill when they eat it. also, it shouldn't be heated more than once.

Answer 7

I had a premature baby at 26 weeks (14 Weeks early weighing 1lb 9 oz). The special care baby unit gave me a breast pump to take home so that I could freeze my breast milk until he was able to take it! I used to take some in to hospital every day and they thawed it out for him. I dont think they warmed it up though. You could try ringing your local maternity unit and asking their advice.

Answer 8

Best to express the milk and keep it chilled in the fridge until you need to warm it up for baby's feed.

That way you can keep it for several hours until needed.

Answer 9

I don't really see a problem with this. If I had a full bottle and the baby decided he really wasn't hungry, I'd pop it into the fridge. If there was no fridge, I'd just let it out for a couple hours at room temp. But, I wouldn't reheat it. Just a couple hours is all right. Good job nursing and good luck!

Answer 10

Yes, just sterilize the bottle first. Close it tight and keep it into the firdge. Warm it up later. I don't know how long you can keep it though but for the day should be okay. You can also freeze breastmilk.