If moms are worried about 'germs' in their milk, all they need to do is 
wash their breasts and nipples with soap once a day in the shower.

Catherine Watson Genna BS, IBCLC  NYC  cwgenna.com

On 5/27/2013 11:38 AM, Rachel Myr wrote:
> Avent's Norwegian Facebook page has advice in Norwegian from someone
> calling herself 'Julie - breastfeeding specialist, Avent'
> As a favor, another mother in our organization visited the site to
> give me an idea of what is on it. I'm a tender soul and can only take
> so much of this stuff. The first thing she found was this, my
> translation from the Norwegian text on FB:
> "Did you know that if you are going to freeze your milk or store it a
> couple of days in the refrigerator, you ought to milk out circa one
> teaspoonful of milk first, which you discard? In this way you reduce
> the number of bacteria in the milk, something which also increases the
> quality of the milk. The milk found outermost in the breast actually
> contains microorganisms normally found on your skin. These
> microorganisms, or bacteria, are not harmful, but it is desirable to
> reduce the amount of them."
>
> It doesn't specifically say to milk out by hand, but when expressing
> is mentioned normally the word 'pump' is used, not 'milk out'; the
> latter usually means hand expression. I guess letting that
> bacteria-filled milk come in contact with the pump would be a no-no
> too.
>
> Anyway, I've never ever heard this advice before, so I ask you, is
> this something I missed, and everyone else knows it, and if so, can
> someone tell me what search terms to use to find evidence to support
> the practice?  It doesn't take much imagination to picture how many
> mothers are heading to their freezers to discard expressed milk
> containing 'microorganisms' - horrors.
>
> Rachel Myr
> Sheeshing in Kristiansand, Norway
>
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