What Does the Healthcare Team Do?

As a Family, What Can You Do?

We give you a breast milk pump to use during your baby’s hospital stay. It has a label with your baby’s name.

Use the breast milk pump the nurse gives you for your baby’s hospital stay. After using, wipe down with a purple top wipe (wear gloves).

We give you standard-sized, clean bottles for your breast milk. We store a small number of bottles filled with breast milk for each baby.  

We do not use breast milk bags because they can leak. It is also hard to measure the milk they hold.

Use bottles the nurse gives you for your breast milk. Please don’t put your milk in bags.

Ask your baby’s nurse how many filled bottles we can store at the hospital. Please keep the rest at home until we ask you to bring in more bottles.

We give you labels with your baby’s name, medical record number and a unique barcode that we will scan.

After you pump, write the date, time, and amount of milk on the label for each bottle (use mLs).  Stick labels to the bottles and store in the fridge, cooler, or freezer.

We prepare your baby’s breast milk two times a day (8-10am and 1:30-4:30pm).

When it’s time to bring in more milk, please try to take it to the unit before milk prep times.

We put the breast milk in the warmer before we scan it.

If you see breast milk in the warmer, please leave it there. We still need to check and scan the label.

We check your baby’s name and medical record number when we prepare breast milk for your baby. We always scan your baby’s ID band and breast milk right before feeding.

Ask us if we scanned your breast milk right before your baby starts a feed.

We can text you to tell you when it’s time to bring in more milk for your baby.

Sign up for texting at the kiosk in the pumping room (or with the nurse) if you want to get text alerts when it’s time to bring more milk.