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Expressing breastmilk - essential guide
By Laura Lee Davies on 06/09/2010 02:30:02
Expressing breastmilk is useful even if you're solely breastfeeding. It allows your partner to feed and bond and can help make you more comfortable. Here's our guide on how to express milk successfully and conveniently.
Expressing breastmilk - why, how and what you needEven women who breastfeed find there are times when they might want to bottle feed their baby. If you're not sure where to start and which is the best type of expresser for you, check out our Buyer
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Review: Avent Express Steam Steriliser
By Maria Muennich on 05/01/2007 02:16:00
A straight-forward electric steriliser offering a reasonably fast cycle at a decent price
Avent Express Steam SteriliserEasy to use, quick sterilising cycle, plenty of roomA bit on the bulky side Features: Electric sterilising unit taking up to six bottles or an Avent Isis breast pump plus bottles. Eight-minute sterilising cycle, stays
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Storing breastmilk
By ThinkBaby on 03/08/2010 10:41:03
Storing expressed breastmilk can make you more comfortable and give you a back-up supply for your baby
Why express breastmilk? Expressing breastmilk is the act of removing milk from your breast, either by hand or using a manual or electric pump. You can store it for a later date. You may want to express milk if:• Your breasts feel
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Women encouraged to continue breastfeeding from the office
By Kimberley Smith on 29/11/2010 15:22:49
Government asks employers to provide facilities for their breastfeeding mums to feed their babies or express milk at work
The Government has announced that employers should be expected to provide facilities for breastfeeding mums in their workforce. Measures would include providing private areas where mums could breastfeed or express milk and storage facilities
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Guide for working mums and mums-to-be
By Kimberley Smith on 08/09/2010 17:43:54
Want to know more about working during pregnancy, maternity leave, maternity entitlement, childcare, returning to work, expressing milk and being a working mum? Phew! Well, start here...
need to consider practical information about your legal rights and we have some top tips for returning to work after maternity leaveFeeding from afar - expressing & storing breast milk and helpful feeding productsIf you'd like to keep feeding your baby
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Review: Lansinoh Manual Breast Pump
By Sarah Lawson on 12/06/2007 01:02:10
A simple, effective and affordable hand pump for expressing breastmilk.
for freezing expressed milk.Price: RRP £24.95Contact:The Lansinoh website The Lansinoh concept:Lansinoh are probably more often associated with cream to soothe sore nipples during breastfeeding, than with expressing milk, but they have been a tried and tested
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Mum feeds her friends breast milk cakes
By Susie Boone on 23/04/2010 14:02:08
Coffee morning mums get more than they bargain for with breast milk cupcakes
A Bristol mum is being called the Nigella Lawson of breast milk cooking after using her milk to cook cakes, lasagne and vanilla cheesecake.Abi Blake, mum of 8-month-old daughter Tilly, expresses any excess milk after finishing feeding Tilly
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Buyer's guide to breast pumps
By Laura Lee Davies on 07/09/2010 00:18:05
Manual or electric, a breast pump is great for continuing breastfeeding even when you're away from your baby.
might like to check out our essential guide to expressing, so you know what you'll be dealing with! Also, even when you're on a strict breastfeeding/non-formula regime, it's great to introduce a bottle once your baby has a settled breastfeeding
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How to freeze food safely
By Cheryl Freedman on 03/03/2011 16:31:54
Have those fishfingers been in there weeks - or years? Check you're using your freezer safely, whether it's full of purees for baby or casseroles for you
Once you become a mum, the freezer really comes into its own. Whether you want to defrost purees, keep batches of home-made stews on standby for healthy-but-quick suppers or have a supply of expressed breastmilk in reserve for your baby, it
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Longer maternity leave makes women more likely to breastfeed
By Kimberley Smith on 02/06/2011 15:40:15
Mums who have longer than 6 weeks off when they have a baby are more likely to try breastfeeding and keep it up for longer, finds new study
offer private areas where mums can express and store breast milk, many working mums do not expect to be able to take time out of the working day to express.Less than 65% of mums who had no longer than 6 weeks of maternity leave began breastfeeding while
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