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5.Sit in a comfortable chair, in a perpendicular position to the ground. Please, put a comfortable cushion
behind your back before you start using the breast pump. Take a glass of water and place it near you, because
you may feel thirsty during the pumping process.
6.Place a warm cloth on Your breasts for a few minutes before starting to express the breast milk as this may
make the process easier and relieve the tension in the breasts.
7.Warmth and relaxation help for the easier expressing the milk, so before using the breast pump, you can
take a bath or a shower.
8.Try to breastfeed the baby on one of the breasts and in the same time to use the pump on the other, or
continue to pump right after you stop feeding the baby.
9.Changing the position of the pump on Your breast from time to time may lead to better stimulation of the
secretion. Practice in order to find the best expression technic for You.
10.If the process is causing you breast pain, stop immediately and consult with a doctor at once.
11.Breast pump use errors:
12.The manual breast pump is an appliance, which helps the women after birth to calm the pain in their
breasts and to prolong the breastfeeding time. It uses the premise that there is sufficient milk and smooth
mammary gland. For some women, which are mothers for the first time, the mammary gland usually is not
smooth enough. A reason sometimes can be the congenital nipple inversion or milk water shortage. So, we
suggest you before purchasing and using the pump, to consult with a doctor who could confirm that your
mammary gland is smooth and that the breast milk is in normal condition. Do not buy and use the pump only
as a device to unblock your milk ducts.
USAGE OF THE MANUAL BREAST PUMP:
1. Wash your hands well and make sure that Your breasts are clean. Express some milk, in order to check if the
milk ducts are not blocked
2. The pump should be sterile and assembled.
3. Press the pump onto your breast:
• Make sure that the nipple is in the middle in order the silicone massage pad to fit perfectly to Your breast so
as to create a perfect vacuum (do not let air into).
• Start carefully pushing the handle downwards until you feel a slight suction. After that leave the handle to
return to the starting position. Repeat this step a few times fast in order to stimulate the expression.
• Establish a slower rhythm by pushing the handle downwards and keeping it pushed at most 3 seconds, before
leaving it to return in the initial position. Continue doing this until expressing. If your hand tires, try with the
other one or leave the hand to relax onto your body and express from the other breast.
•Make sure that the milk flows successfully and the process of pumping does not make you uncomfortable.
• It is not necessary to push the handle completely downwards, but only to this position in which you feel
comfortable.
4. Do not worry if the milk doesn't flow immediately, relax and continue pumping. If the process is causing you
breast pains, stop immediately and consult with doctor. If there is no result when pumping, please, do not
continue! Try to use the pump in another time of the day.
5. On average you should pump for 12 minutes in order to express 150 ml of milk. Please, keep in mind that
the quantity of milk varies from woman to woman. If you find that you usually express more than 150 ml on
session, then you should use bigger bottle. Do not overfill the bottle, in order the milk not to leak outside it.
6. After stopping the expression, carefully take off the pump from Your breast and unscrew the bottle with
milk from the pump body. Clean the other used parts according to the instruction in section "Cleaning and
sterilizing".
V. HOW TO STORE THE BREAST MILK
1.Only milk collected with a sterile pump should be stored for feeding Your baby.
2.The breast milk can be stored in bottle warmer by 40°C, so that you can feed Your baby within 4 hours.
3.When storing freshly expressed milk, please, seal the milk. The breast milk can be stored for 10 hours in
room temperature of 19 - 25°C.
4.The expressed milk can be stored in fridge for maximum 48 hours (but not on the door of the fridge) or in the
freezer for maximum 3 months. For this purpose you use the breast milk storage bags "Cangaroo Care".
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