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Expressing and pumping

Read advice about how to pump and express breastmilk

  1. Breastfeeding and work
  2. When to express breast milk
  3. Using a bottle to give expressed milk
  4. Breast pumps
  5. How to express breast milk
  6. Expressing breast milk for a premature or ill baby
  7. How much breast milk to express
  8. Storing expressed breast milk
  9. Heating expressed breast milk
  10. Transporting and storing breast milk for your baby in hospital

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