Success Strategies for Pumping Breastmilk and Building a Stash

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.5 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Breast milk is liquid gold. It is so valuable and amazing that scientists cannot reproduce it in a lab, and only you can make it. Your body perfectly formulates your milk for your baby, and pumping allows you to provide milk even when you are not there. This episode covers the fundamentals of pumping breastmilk to meet your goals, whether an occasional pumping session or building a serious freezer stash. If you plan to return to work after maternity leave, this episode walks through navigating pumping at work. Plus, everything from cleaning and sterilizing your pump and accessories to safely storing your milk.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:10.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In this episode we are talking
0:17.1	about pumping and this is going to be a big episode. We're covering the
0:21.8	fundamentals of pumping breast milk, We're going to get into building a
0:25.6	stash, how and why you would want to do that. We're going to talk about pumping at work if you're
0:31.1	returning to work. And we're going to go through all the logistics
0:34.7	of setting everything up, breaking it down, cleaning it, guidelines for storing milk,
0:40.0	we're even going to touch on if your baby's in the NICU or donating milk.
0:44.6	And we're going to end with the biggest key to successfully pumping and building a stash of milk.
0:50.6	You can find the full article and all of the resources that accompany this episode
0:56.3	at pregnancy podcast.com.
1:00.3	Right now you can try pregnancy podcast premium for free for seven days.
1:06.0	When you sign up you're going to get a free copy of the Your Birth Plan book
1:10.0	that walks you step by step on creating your birth plan with sample plans and a template
1:15.0	that you can download and customize.
1:17.5	As a premium member, you also have access to the private podcast feed.
1:22.4	All of the content is ad free. You also have exclusive
1:26.1	access to over 200 episodes only available to premium members. If you have a
1:32.0	question on anything regarding pregnancy, birth,
1:35.4	being a new parent, there is an episode with the answers. Try pregnancy
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