Milk storage bag is a kind of storage material which is very beneficial to our life. It solves the problem that Baoma can‘t work. Even when the mother is at work, the child can drink breast milk. This is the function of the milk bag. When using the milk storage bag, be sure to exhaust the air inside. So what happens when there is air in the milk bag?

What happens when there is air in the milk bag

Breast milk is contained in the milk storage bag, but the air is not discharged. After long-term contact with breast milk, bacteria will easily breed. At that time, there are more bacteria in breast milk, which will lead to the deterioration of breast milk. Once the breast milk deteriorates, it will form a clot and sour taste. In this case, if you drink the breast milk to your baby, it will certainly affect your baby‘s health.

Therefore, if you find that there is air in the milk storage bag, you can‘t drink it. After using the milk storage bag to contain breast milk, you must remember to drain all the air and then seal it. If you don‘t seal the air in the milk storage bag, it will certainly affect the quality of breast milk in it. In the end, it will waste time milking.

When the milk storage bag with air discharged is placed in the refrigerator for refrigeration or freezing, it needs to be thawed before being eaten by the baby. After thawing, it should be put into the milk bottle and heated through water. Remember that the heating temperature should not be too high. If it is too high, the nutrition in breast milk will be diverted and lost. Finally, the stored breast milk has no nutrition, and the baby can‘t get good nutrition after drinking.

If there is no exhaust air in the milk storage bag, it depends on the storage time. If the storage time is short and does not exceed 2 hours, it can still be drunk after disinfection. If the storage time is long, it can‘t be drunk again.

Introduce three methods of emptying milk bag air:

1. First hold the breast milk height line with one hand, discharge all the air with the other hand (the index finger and middle finger are in the shape of scissors), and then fasten the double clip chain;

2. Clamp the height line of breast milk between the little finger and ring finger, and then clamp the position of the chain with the index finger and middle finger. Bend your hands back gently, and all the air will be discharged;

3. With the help of the gravity falling of the milk bag, find a corner of the table to get stuck, and then lower it gently to empty the air in the bag.

As breastfeeding is a bacterial feeding process, there will be bacteria in the extracted breast milk. If the air is not separated from the breast milk as much as possible in the milk storage bag, the proliferation rate of bacteria will be accelerated. In addition, low temperature or freezing will also delay the proliferation of bacteria, so the extracted breast milk is placed in the milk storage bag, and the air is discharged as soon as possible, sealed, refrigerated / frozen. Of course, there can‘t be no air in the milk bag, just as little as possible.

Why should the milk bag be placed upright

Put the milk storage bag with breast milk flat in the freezer of the refrigerator. It is easier to thaw the refrigerated breast milk flat, which can be stored efficiently and reduce the occupied space.

Since breast milk will expand after freezing, it is recommended that the maximum safe capacity of the milk storage bag is 180ml (the maximum capacity of each brand may be different, so be sure to read the product instructions carefully).

It is recommended to put the milk storage bag in a plastic container and pad it under the milk storage bag with kitchen paper to prevent adhesion between the bags and the inside of the refrigerator. Placing the milk storage bag flat for refrigeration can thaw the breast milk faster.

For convenience, some new mothers directly heat the milk storage bag with boiling water or microwave oven, thinking that as long as the milk storage bag is taken out immediately when it is warm, it will not destroy the nutrients of breast milk. This is definitely wrong. First of all, heating breast milk at such high temperature will damage the active substances in breast milk and make breast milk lose nutrients even if the whole temperature of breast milk has not risen or even thawed. Then, the general milk storage bag can not withstand high temperature. Although there is a temperature display on the milk storage bag and the overall temperature does not exceed the standard, the state of ice and fire is not good, which can easily affect the quality of breast milk. In this way, we can‘t heat the milk storage bag directly with a heating machine or boiled water, but we can heat the milk storage bag slowly. As long as we know how to follow the appropriate thawing and heating steps, we don‘t have to worry about affecting the quality of breast milk.

We can first put the milk storage bag in the refrigerator freezer (2-4 ℃) for about 24 hours, or wash the sealed bag with cold water for preliminary thawing. When the baby needs to drink, thaw and rewarm the breast milk with warm water at 38-39 ℃. Note: do not thaw with overheated water or microwave oven, which will destroy the nutrients in breast milk. After thawing, pour it directly into the bottle and feed the baby. Thawed breast milk must be eaten within 24 hours and cannot be frozen again. It‘s best not to feed the baby with leftover milk. How long it should be kept should be related to the specific situation. It will deteriorate in 2 hours under normal temperature in summer.

When thawing frozen breast milk, wash the sealed bag with cold water first, and gradually add hot water until the breast milk is completely thawed and rises to the temperature suitable for feeding, or place it in the refrigerator to thaw and de ice slowly. Do not use the microwave oven to heat the breast milk directly, which will destroy the nutrients of the breast milk. After thawing, pour it directly into the bottle and feed the baby. Thawed breast milk must be eaten within 24 hours and cannot be frozen again.