HOW TO MAKE A BREAST MILK DONATION

POTENTIAL DONORS:

Any woman in the lactation phase, who is breastfeeding her baby, that is healthy and does not use medication that interferes with breastfeeding is a possible breast milk donor!

It is not recommended to drink alcohol-containing beverages. If you do, contact your nearest human milk bank. The use of illicit drugs is not permitted.

Human Milk Banks and/or Human Milk Collection Stations must ensure that the donation of human milk is exclusively from surplus production and that the donor continues to breastfeed her baby, and that both are healthy.

HOW TO DONATE BREAST MILK?

Contact the Milk Bank for screening and registration.

Present any prenatal or postnatal tests that are compatible with donating milked milk.

The professional will guide you through the collection and storage of human milk.

You will receive the necessary material for extraction and storage, including a glass bottle with a plastic lid.

STEP-BY-STEP

• Wash a glass jar with a plastic lid, removing the label and paper from inside the lid.

• Boil the jar and lid for 15 minutes

• and let them dry on a clean cloth.

• Wear a cap or headscarf.

• Put on a mask or tie a diaper over your nose and mouth.

• Wash your hands and arms up to the elbow with plenty of soap and water.

• Only wash your breasts with water.

• Dry your breasts with gauze or a clean cloth.

• Massage your breasts with two or three flattened fingers, using circular movements, starting with the areola and working your way around the breast.

• Extract the milk from your breasts: place your thumb above the areola, middle and index fingers below the areola, press your fingers backwards, squeeze and release, repeating this movement, without using force, positioning the glass below the nipple.

• Discard the first jets of milk.

• Start collecting directly into the jar.

• If you choose to use a breast pump, sterilize the material according to the manufacturer's instructions before each use.

• Fill the jar until it is two fingers short of full and, if necessary, start a new collection in another sanitized jar.

• Label the jar with your name and the date you first collected the milk.

• To top up a jar that is already in the freezer, collect the milk in a previously sterilized glass cup and then pour it into the jar.

• The milk can stay in the freezer for up to 10 days.

• On the scheduled day, the professional will collect the milk from your home!

THE MILK BANK IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU!

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