Wen 丨 Jing Ma said, original content.
Breastfeeding is increasingly recognized by mums, and most are willing to breastfeed their babies for as long as possible.
However, different mothers have individual differences, some mothers have not had enough breast milk since the birth of the baby, but some mothers have too much breast milk to eat.
Gymnastics goddess Zhou Jie was 9 months pregnant with her second child, and one child was troubled by too much breast milk
Zhou Jie, known as the "gymnastics goddess", is currently pregnant with her second child for 9 months, and the expected date is at the end of this month.
On February 7, Zhou Jie posted a photo of wearing an Olympic five-ring hat and holding an ice pier, and also wrote that "the only pier in the family" was envied by many netizens.
She often shares her pregnancy routine on her personal social platform, and also posts many photos of her husband and son.
Although it is now close to childbirth, it may be that the dress is relatively loose, or the shooting angle, many photos can not be seen at all as a pregnant woman in the third trimester, there is no edema, the appearance and state are particularly good.
Only in a set of photos she posted in December last year, "Everyone comes to find a difference", can see the prominent pregnant belly.
Zhou Jie also hugged the two for three years, giving birth to her son Orange in March 2019, when she shared "the troubles of too much breast milk".
After the little oranges are full, there is still excess breast milk, which can only be pumped out and stored in the milk storage bag, but due to the good conditions of breast milk, a large amount of breast milk is eventually discarded and wasted.
In fact, there are many mothers in life, like Zhou Jie, breast milk is too much to eat.
In this case, breast milk can be stored, and in case the mother is sick and cannot breastfeed the baby herself, or if she has something to go out and cannot breastfeed herself, she can use these previously saved breast milk to solve the urgent need.
Breast milk preservation strategy: too much for the baby to eat, how to save excess breast milk correctly?
Many mothers feel: anyway, there is enough breast milk for the baby to eat every day, no need to save it!
Actually, not really.
Saving breast milk, one is to solve the urgent need in the event of a sudden situation, and the other is to save the breast milk that the baby can't eat, which can avoid waste, and also avoid milk blockage or mastitis due to milk growth.
Therefore, many mothers have stored a lot of frozen milk during lactation, and I also stored dozens of bags at that time, and once on a business trip for a few days, these saved frozen milk just came in handy.
▲ Next, let's teach new mothers how to properly preserve breast milk?
To store breast milk, you can choose a bottle or bag, but no matter which one should be sealed and marked with a date.
And fresh breast milk, at room temperature should not be stored for too long, if a short period of time (no more than 6-8 hours) is not given to the baby, it is recommended to refrigerate or freeze.
In general, if the mother's breast milk conditions are good, the breast milk is enough for the baby to eat every day, and the excess breast milk will be frozen with a milk storage bag.
Here Jing Mom should remind mothers that before putting it in the refrigerator, confirm these points:
Whether to squeeze out the air inside the bag;
Whether it is well sealed;
Whether the date and time of milking are marked.
As for how long it can be stored under different conditions and how to store it, you can refer to this chart (from the "Guidelines for The Care and Parenting of Newborn Babies").
When the frozen breast milk is taken out for the baby to eat, it needs to go through the step of "thawing - rewarming", so how to talk about these two steps?
Thaw: Refrigerate in the refrigerator, but not for more than 24 hours; if you do not need to eat during the thawing process, if it does not exceed 8 hours, you can freeze again.
Rewarming: Put the thawed milk storage bag or bottle in warm water to heat, rewarve and put it into the bottle to feed the baby.
The whole process, although it seems simple, but the inexperienced mother may often do wrong, there are many small details that need to be paid attention to by the new mother.
When eating frozen breast milk, according to the chronological order marked on the milk storage bag/bottle, the first frozen breast milk should be eaten first, the most recent time frozen after eating, how long is the shelf life of frozen milk, you can refer to the previous picture.
When reheating breast milk, do not pour it directly into the pot and boil it, or heat it in the microwave oven, which will spoil the nutrients of breast milk.
If the breast milk is rewarmed and the baby has not finished eating, it is not recommended to save it for the next meal to avoid breeding bacteria.
Frozen breast milk, after thawing may appear delamination phenomenon, which is normal, after rewarming shake evenly can be given to the baby to drink, does not affect the nutritional content.
Breast milk that is close to expiration or the baby has been weaned and cannot be eaten can be used to make breast milk soap without wasting.
Many people think that frozen breast milk is not as nutritious as fresh breast milk, in fact, refrigeration or freezing does not affect the nutrition of breast milk, the taste may be slightly different, but it does not affect the baby to drink.
Have you heard of "frozen milk" before as a way to preserve breast milk? If your baby has too much breast milk to eat, do you feel the need to freeze the remaining breast milk? Tell us what you think!