EXPRESS YOURSELF
Your milk’s come in and you’ve established a breastfeeding routine without too much bother (or if you’ve experienced any bother, you’ve managed to overcome it), and now you’re hearing other mums talking about expressing milk. Your doctor might have mentioned it – or perhaps another new mum you know has started expressing her milk and freezing it in preparation for a night away from her baby or going back to work. So should you be thinking about it? And what’s it all about?
Read on to find out more – it could do you and your baby the world of good.
WHY EXPRESS?
Going back to work
The corporate high-flier who goes back to work two weeks after her baby is born, then expresses and couriers home milk every couple of hours is a bit of an extreme
