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Feeding breast milk after 10 hours
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My baby is 7 months old. I m back to my work so can't feed him during my office hours. The milk which is stored in the breast for 10 to 11 hours in breast can be feeded to baby ? Is it good to feed the same milk or I need to remove the milk for every 4 hours. Please suggest is there any effect to baby in feeding the breast milk which is not feeded from long hours.
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Yes, you can safely provide direct breast feeding after you come home from work. There is also another option of expressing breast milk via a breast milk pump which you can buy from a pharmacy. You can express the milk before you go to work in the morning. The freshly expressed or pumped milk can be stored in the fridge and the carer can take it out of the fridge and let it come to room temperature before giving it to your baby
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Continue breast feeding after you come home from work. It is very safe and effective with numerous health benefits for your baby.
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if you are uncomfortable bcz of breast engorgement due to more milk den discard during office hours. Empty breast while leaving from home and give breast feeding after coming from office. nothing will happen if milk will be in breast.
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U can feed after 10 hour also, no problem,
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But if you can express the milk once at your office, store and bring back home for baby, breast milk can be stored for 4days in refrigerator, By doing this your milk production will not decrease
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Dr. Harit Bansal
Pediatrician
17 yrs exp
Sonipat
Milk in the breast is safe no issue you can express the milk and in fridge its safe upto 12hrs so you do express the milk as there would be Engorgement in breast
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Dr. Trupti Shetty
Pediatrician
16 yrs exp
Pune
You need not discard breastmilk, unless you are uncomfortable due to engorgement.
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