Pamela wrote:
>Also nice to know is that if the baby receives EBM, she can drink some of
>the bottle and the carer can put the half-finished, sucked bottle back in
>the fridge, then warm it up and feed it to the baby any time in the next two
days.

I found this bit interesting, Pamela. I don't think this is the
recommendation in Australia - we would be advised to treat it much
like half-used formula.

I know there have been discussions in the past on Lactnet about
whether half-drunk bottles actually get contaminated, etc and the
lack of real evidence of this. Also the situation of frozen EBM just
being thawed and warmed - if this is not given to the baby, how long
can this be kept for according to official recommendations?

What are the recommendations in other countries about this?
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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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