Thaw slowly in the refrigerator this takes about 12 hours try putting it in the fridge the night before you need it.
Thawed breast milk at room temperature.
Freshly expressed breast milk can be kept at room temperature for up to six hours.
If thawed milk is put in the refrigerator use within 24 hours.
Use breast milk within 24 hours of thawing in the refrigerator this means from the time it is no longer frozen or completely thawed not from the time when you took it out of the freezer.
Once defrosted you can warm up your breast milk and use it immediately leave it out at room temperature for up to four hours or place it in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
Avoid letting milk sit out at room temperature to thaw.
However it s optimal to use or properly store the breast milk within four hours especially if the room is warm.
Place it in the refrigerator or an insulated cooler with ice packs immediately.
Increase the temperature of the water slowly until the milk is no longer cold but not hot.
Some have a preference others don t seem to mind.
If that s not an option then place the bottle of frozen milk in lukewarm water or hold it under the tap.
The best way to thaw frozen breast milk is gradually in the refrigerator.
You can bring it to room temperature while thawing but it s unwise to leave it sitting out on a counter or in a diaper bag hoping it will.
If the room temperature is greater than 77 degrees f 25 degrees c do not let your breast milk sit out at all.
Healthy full term babies can drink breast milk at room temperature or warmed to body temperature.
Thawing and heating frozen milk.
You should not thaw frozen breast milk at room temperature.
How to warm your stored breast milk 2 3.
Thawed breast milk left at room temperature should be fed to your baby within two hours or thrown away.
Once you collect your breast milk in the storage container put a top or cap not a feeding nipple onto the breast milk storage bottle or seal the.
In short you can t thaw breast milk at room temperature.
Use thawed breast milk within two hours.
Do not re freeze.
Freshly expressed breast milk can be stored in an insulated cooler with ice packs for up to one day.
Never re freeze breast milk once thawed.
Once breast milk is brought to room temperature or warmed after storing in the refrigerator or freezer it should be used within 2 hours.
If the milk has been previously frozen once thawed it can sit out at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours.