The one - ounce medicine cups that are found in hospitals can be used for premature infants who are taking
small amounts of breast milk at each feeding.
If you pump, or hand express, your breast milk at different times during the day, you may be wondering if you can combine the breast milk from those different collections into one storage container, especially if you're only getting
a small amount of breast milk at each session.
Not exact matches
If you're worried about wasting precious pumped
breast milk, just heat up a
small amount, like a couple
of ounces
at a time.
But
at least I could bottle - feed this
small amount of my
breast milk to her.
They can also cause a decrease in your
breast milk supply because if your child can only remove a
small amount of milk from your
breasts at each feeding, your production
of breast milk will go down.
In the NICU, when preemies first start taking
milk feedings, doctors start with
small amounts of formula
at a calorie ratio that mimics
breast milk.
Initially you'll make a
small amount of breast milk because the hormonal changes that trigger your
milk production happen slowly, and won't be finished until around day two to four.2 This may cause you to worry your baby isn't getting enough, but as her stomach is only tiny
at first and she feeds frequently, it's not a problem.