Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:26:58 -0400 From: Joedi Mailloux <[log in to unmask]> Subject: warming milk in the NICU I have a quick question for those of you who work in NICUs. How does your unit warm breast milk that is in a syringe, that will be fed over a pump, or by straight gavage? Do you warm it or not? Do you warm it in a separate bottle/container, or in the syringe? We are just looking for better practices. Thanks, Joedi Mailloux BSN, RNC, IBCLC ******************************************************** When I was in the NICU with my son, the refrigerated or frozen milk was warmed in its storage container, a plastic cup with an orange lid. It was placed in a warm water bath and swirled. The milk was drawn into the syringe from the original storage container after the milk was warmed. I tried to provide fresh warm milk at each feeding once I got into the swing of the routine. It seems that fresh warme milk from the mother makes the most sense whenever possible. Lisa Boisvert Mackenzie whose 3 lb premie now weighs over 15 pounds! *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html