Breast milk can be stored directly in the freezer for eight days at zero to 4℃, and for two weeks in the freezer. It is normal that breast milk will decompose and turn yellow or brown during storage.
1, normal temperature storage is mainly carried out without refrigeration equipment, and the time of fresh-keeping storage is relatively short. How long it can be preserved depends on the room temperature at that time.
If the indoor temperature is low, it can generally be stored for 24 hours, but if the indoor temperature is high, the storage time ranges from 6 hours to 12 hours. Therefore, in order to prevent babies from eating stale and deteriorated breast milk, it is suggested that mothers should not store breast milk at room temperature in summer.
2. Refrigeration is the practice that Ma Bao squeezes breast milk in advance and keeps it fresh in refrigerators and other refrigeration equipment. Refrigeration can preserve breast milk for a long time, usually at least a few days and at most a few months. However, if it is not a special case, it is recommended that mothers do not hold their breast milk for so long. After all, if it is preserved for too long, the effective components in breast milk may be lost or deteriorated.
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Matters needing attention in breast milk refrigeration
1, select the container.
In the process of milking and storing breast milk, we must ensure cleanliness, otherwise it will lead to germs invading the baby's body. In the whole process of breast pumping, it must be clean and hygienic. The bottles and breast pumps used should be disinfected at high temperature frequently, and clean containers with appropriate sizes should be selected before freezing.
To choose aseptic milk storage bags or steam sterilized utensils, never use thin glass containers to prevent frost cracking. In addition, never use metal utensils, because the active factors contained in breast milk may directly attach to the metal, thus reducing the nutritional value. If stored, never fill the whole container, and mark the date of the container and the amount of milk.
2. Don't heat breast milk in the microwave oven.
If the microwave oven is overheated, the nutrients in breast milk will be lost, because the microwave oven can't heat the liquid evenly at all, which may lead to uneven quality, diarrhea and even gastrointestinal dysfunction.
Frozen breast milk can be thawed with cold water and then soaked in water at 40℃. When soaking, the container should be shaken evenly so that it can be heated evenly.
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