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How often should i express milk for newborn
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How to express your breast milk
Expressing means squeezing milk out of your breasts, by hand or with a pump, to store and feed to your baby later.
The benefit of expressing is that your breasts will continue producing milk, so even if you are having a break from breastfeeding you can easily restart again after.
Expressing your breast milk
You can express by hand, or with a manual or electric breast pump.
It can take a little while to get your milk flowing, so be patient with yourself.
You may find having your baby near (or even looking at a photo of your baby) can encourage your milk to flow.
Before expressing by hand or with a pump, make sure you have clean hands.
Expressing by hand
To express breast milk by hand:
- Have a clean container ready to collect your breast milk.
- Gently massage your breasts to encourage the milk.
- Cup your breast in one hand and with the other hand form a "C" shape with your forefinger and thumb.
- Squeeze gently with your finger and thumb a few centimetres from your nipple.
- Move your hand around your breast so are you are expressing from a
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