Breast Milk Collection, Preparation and Storage
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37885
IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, IWK. Clinical Nutrition, IWK. Neonatal Care Team.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0919
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Formerly titled "NICU Nutrition Services". The IWK Health Centre's NICU has a Breast Milk Preparation room and a system for tracking breast milk. Every mother and baby is given a unique barcode. This allows the mother’s expressed breast milk to be safely stored and fed to her baby or babies.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Alternate Title
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) & Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
- NICU Nutrition Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast Milk Expression
- Milk, Human
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Breast milk--Collection and preservation
- Abstract
- Formerly titled "NICU Nutrition Services". The IWK Health Centre's NICU has a Breast Milk Preparation room and a system for tracking breast milk. Every mother and baby is given a unique barcode. This allows the mother’s expressed breast milk to be safely stored and fed to her baby or babies.
- Responsibility
- IWK Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0919
Hand expressing breast milk before your baby is born
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36469
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Maternal Child Provincial Policy Working Group.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1928
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
This pamphlet explains the steps to hand express breast milk. Hand expression is a learned skill. It will get easier with practice. A video is listed to help you with the basics. Instructions for how to bring your breast milk to the hospital are given. If you notice any cramping in your uterus when hand expressing, it is very important to stop and talk with your doctor before starting again. This is rare. It is safe to keep breastfeeding your older child.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Colostrum
- Breast Milk Expression - methods
- Breast Feeding - methods
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Colostrum
- Breast milk--Collection and preservation
- Breastfeeding
- Abstract
- This pamphlet explains the steps to hand express breast milk. Hand expression is a learned skill. It will get easier with practice. A video is listed to help you with the basics. Instructions for how to bring your breast milk to the hospital are given. If you notice any cramping in your uterus when hand expressing, it is very important to stop and talk with your doctor before starting again. This is rare. It is safe to keep breastfeeding your older child.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Maternal Child Provincial Policy Working Group
- Pamphlet Number
- 1928
How to hand express breast/chest milk : Yarmouth Regional Hospital
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36580
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Yarmouth Regional Hospital. Women and Children's Health Unit.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2023.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2004
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
This pamphlet explains the steps to hand express breast/chest milk (take milk from your breasts/chest). It is also called "manual expressing". Hand expression takes practice. It is important to learn how to hand express breast/chest milk in the first hours after your baby is born. Hand expressing helps you make milk and helps your milk come in (also called milk let-down) when you first start to breast/chest feed your baby. A video is listed to help you with the basics. Instructions for how to s…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Yarmouth Regional Hospital. Women and Children's Health Unit
- Alternate Title
- How to manually express breast/chest milk : Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- How to express breast/chest milk by hand : Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2023
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([2] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast Milk Expression - methods
- Breast Feeding - methods
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Breast milk--Collection and preservation
- Breastfeeding
- Abstract
- This pamphlet explains the steps to hand express breast/chest milk (take milk from your breasts/chest). It is also called "manual expressing". Hand expression takes practice. It is important to learn how to hand express breast/chest milk in the first hours after your baby is born. Hand expressing helps you make milk and helps your milk come in (also called milk let-down) when you first start to breast/chest feed your baby. A video is listed to help you with the basics. Instructions for how to store your breast/chest milk are also given.
- Notes
- Previous title: How to hand express breast milk : Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Women and Children's Health Unit, Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Pamphlet Number
- 2004
[In French] Soutien à l’allaitement maternel
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38010
IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, IWK. Neonatal Care Team, IWK. Pharmacy.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0658-FR
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
In French. La plupart des mères trouvent qu’il faut du temps pour établir et maintenir la production d’une bonne quantité de lait. Beaucoup de mères s’inquiètent de la quantité de lait qu’elles produisent. / Some things you can do to increase your milk supply.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- IWK. Neonatal Care Team
- IWK. Pharmacy
- Alternate Title
- Programme de santé des femmes et des nouveau-nés
- Supporting Milk Supply
- Women’s and Newborn Health Program
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast Milk Expression
- Milk, Human
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Breastfeeding
- Abstract
- In French. La plupart des mères trouvent qu’il faut du temps pour établir et maintenir la production d’une bonne quantité de lait. Beaucoup de mères s’inquiètent de la quantité de lait qu’elles produisent. / Some things you can do to increase your milk supply.
- Notes
- Former English title is "Breastfeeding: Hints to help you increase your milk supply - Women’s and Newborn Health Program".
- Responsibility
- IWK Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0658-FR
Managing Your Breast Milk after the Loss of Your Baby
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38025
IWK. Adult Surgery and Women's Ambulatory Clinics, IWK. Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit, IWK. Reproductive Ambulatory Care, IWK. Gynaecology Unit - Inpatient.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1216
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
One of the most difficult times for many bereaved mothers is when their breast milk comes in. Other mothers find the presence of their milk a comforting reminder of their body’s ability to care for the baby they so love and had wished to care for. Everyone grieves in their own special way and there is no right or wrong way to manage your breastmilk coming in.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Adult Surgery and Women's Ambulatory Clinics
- IWK. Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit
- IWK. Reproductive Ambulatory Care
- IWK. Gynaecology Unit - Inpatient
- Alternate Title
- A Guide for Bereaved Parents and Families
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast Milk Expression
- Infant Death
- Perinatal Death
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Breast milk
- Infants--Death
- Perinatal death
- Abstract
- One of the most difficult times for many bereaved mothers is when their breast milk comes in. Other mothers find the presence of their milk a comforting reminder of their body’s ability to care for the baby they so love and had wished to care for. Everyone grieves in their own special way and there is no right or wrong way to manage your breastmilk coming in.
- Responsibility
- IWK Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1216
Supporting Milk Supply
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37792
IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, IWK. Neonatal Care Team, IWK. Pharmacy.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0658
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Some things you can do to increase your milk supply.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- IWK. Neonatal Care Team
- IWK. Pharmacy
- Alternate Title
- Women’s and Newborn Health Program
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast Milk Expression
- Milk, Human
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Breastfeeding
- Abstract
- Some things you can do to increase your milk supply.
- Notes
- Former title is "Breastfeeding: Hints to help you increase your milk supply - Women’s and Newborn Health Program".
- Responsibility
- IWK Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0658
