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Expressing breast milk

Read advice about how and when to express breast milk

Expressing and pumping

  1. How to express
  2. When to express
  3. How much breast milk to express
  4. Breast pumps
  5. Managing your milk supply when expressing

Storage and preparation

  1. Storing expressed milk
  2. Heating expressed milk
  3. Using a bottle to give expressed milk

Expressing for premature or ill babies

  1. Expressing breast milk for a premature or ill baby
  2. Hand expressing for a premature or ill baby
  3. Transporting and storing breast milk for your baby in hospital