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Is it safe for me to give my baby extracted breast milk?
My baby was born in the seventh month. I have a lot of breast milk but my baby is not able to consume that much. Is it safe for me to extract the milk and feed him later? Can it cause him any infections? What are the proper precautions?
3 Answers
Needs to be refrigerated and used within 48 hours or frozen Michael L Spear, MD, MSEdl Faculty Advisor, Honor Board Professor of Pediatrics Drexel University College of Medicine
You can safely freeze breastmilk for months.
Yes, the expressed breast milk is quite safe, as long as all the precautions (as recommended by your nurses and lactation consultants) are followed.