How To Effectively Use the Avent Duo Isis Breast Pump
Now that youve made the decision to breast feed, you might encounter difficulties that make the experience trying at times. Its best to nurse your infant or young child upon demand, and not to follow some ridiculous every 4 hours schedule for now reason, but this does make it difficult at times to get free time. If youre one of those mothers that feels uncomfortable about pulling your booby out in public to breastfeed, its going to make it harder to get out and about and to have the freedom you need. If any of this sounds familiar, then the Avent Duo Isis Breast Pump may just be what you need. With the pump, you can express, bottle, and store your breastmilk for later use, and feed your baby on demand, anywhere you like without worry.
The first step of using a pump is to sterilize the container. You can do so by submerging it for 2 minutes in a pot of boiling water, which will kill any lingering bacteria. Then let it dry on a clean cloth or towel. After that and any other parts are clean, sit down in a comfortable spot, and just relax. You may be sitting there for a while if you just started pumping.
The Avent Isis Pump makes it quite simple and painless to express and pump breast milk. This pump is advanced enough to have variable speed control and pumping suction strength control, so you can tailor the pumping action to what suits you best. The instructions are self-explanatory and theres not a lot of complicated pieces to mess with, so youll be up and pumping quickly.
Once youve expressed one or more bottles of milk from each breast, (and yes, dont just pump from one breast or the other one will quickly remind you that thats a bad idea) you can either feed it to your baby right then and there, or you can refrigerate or freeze your breast milk for later use. Remember, in the fridge, milk lasts about 7 days, and frozen, milk lasts about 2 months. Never re-freeze your milk, by the way, as it will compromise its integrity and safety.
Just so you know, its best to store your milk for freezing in special CSF bags that are made specifically for this purpose. The bags come with labels so you can mark when your milk was pumped so you wont look at it a week later at 2 in the morning and wonder if its still good to use. The bags are sturdy and work very well for their intended use. Youll soon have a freezer full of bags if you use your pump regularly.
Although using an electric breast pump takes time to get used to, many moms get discouraged because they find it difficult to pump at first. Remember, relax, relax, relax and youll express better and faster. The same goes for breastfeeding. If youre not relaxed, no ones getting any milk and everyone will be upset. Once youve got it down, youll feel great that you can create a backup supply of life-giving breast milk for emergencies, for travel, and for other family members to feed the baby if you desire. Welcome to the world of Avent Isis Breast Pumps.
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