Patient's question:
The first breast milk preserved in a refrigerator with a preservation bottle did not exceed 12 hours. Can the breast milk extracted twice be mixed together for storage?Doctor's answer:
Different times of expressed breast milk can be mixed together. If a large amount of breast milk is expressed, milk expressed at similar times can be combined. The most common practice is to add milk expressed on Tuesday to milk expressed on Monday. If the first expressed milk has already been frozen, it is essential to cool the later expressed milk before adding it to milk from another time, ensuring proper hygiene and sterilization.