Freshly expressed breast milk can be kept at room temperature for up to six hours.
Thawed breast milk at room temperature.
Never re freeze breast milk once thawed.
Thawed breast milk left at room temperature should be fed to your baby within two hours or thrown away.
You can bring it to room temperature while thawing but it s unwise to leave it sitting out on a counter or in a diaper bag hoping it will.
Some have a preference others don t seem to mind.
Place it in the refrigerator or an insulated cooler with ice packs immediately.
Use thawed breast milk within two hours.
How to warm your stored breast milk 2 3.
Once defrosted you can warm up your breast milk and use it immediately leave it out at room temperature for up to four hours or place it in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
Healthy full term babies can drink breast milk at room temperature or warmed to body temperature.
The best way to thaw frozen breast milk is gradually in the refrigerator.
Thawing and heating frozen milk.
Thaw slowly in the refrigerator this takes about 12 hours try putting it in the fridge the night before you need it.
Freshly expressed breast milk can be stored in an insulated cooler with ice packs for up to one day.
Do not use the microwave or place your breast milk in a pot of boiling water on the stove.
You should not thaw frozen breast milk at room temperature.
Increase the temperature of the water slowly until the milk is no longer cold but not hot.
Thawing breast milk at room temperature is not recommended there are guidelines however for how to treat thawed milk once it s at room temperature.
Once breast milk is brought to room temperature or warmed after storing in the refrigerator or freezer it should be used within 2 hours.
However it s optimal to use or properly store the breast milk within four hours especially if the room is warm.
If thawed milk is put in the refrigerator use within 24 hours.
Do not re freeze.
Use breast milk within 24 hours of thawing in the refrigerator this means from the time it is no longer frozen or completely thawed not from the time when you took it out of the freezer.
For quicker thawing hold container under running water start cool and gradually increase temperature.
If that s not an option then place the bottle of frozen milk in lukewarm water or hold it under the tap.
Avoid letting milk sit out at room temperature to thaw.
If the room temperature is greater than 77 degrees f 25 degrees c do not let your breast milk sit out at all.
