Cleaning Your Breastpump The following is considered adequate for cleaning
of breastpump parts if your baby is healthy: Sterilize all pump parts that will come in contact with breast or milk before the first use unless your parts came in a sterile package.
Electric and microwave sterilizers provide a faster, more convenient method of
sterilizing breastpump parts; however, some pump manufacturers (including Medela) do not recommend this route of sterilization and will not guarantee their pump parts if sterilized in this way.
I've heard other moms bought another set of
breastpump parts just so they could pump at work without having to wash and sterilize the parts everytime they pump.
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Note: If you or your baby are being treated for thrush, it's recommended that daily boiling of
all breastpump parts that come in contact with breast or milk take place.
These will allow you to quickly sterilize
your breastpump parts in the microwave in three minutes.
Check that
all breastpump parts are snapped into place including the tubing hose.
Because it is safe to mix breastmilk expressed at different times at the same day, the breastmilk that remained with
the breastpump parts should also be safe to mix with the next expressed breastmilk.
Now, before I wash
my breastpump parts, I am able to have two or three pumping sessions.
Make sure all
the breastpump parts are completely dry as written in the User Guide.
Another way of cleaning
your breastpump parts away from home is with the Medela Quick Clean.
This could also work but it's going to cost you more than just storing
the breastpump parts into the fridge.
It works like your usual baby wipes but it does the cleaning for
your breastpump parts.
Oh,
the breastpump parts should be washed everyday — not weekly!