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    How to express your breast milk

    Expressing means squeezing milk out of your breasts, by hand or with a pump, to store and feed to your baby later.

    The benefit of expressing is that your breasts will continue producing milk, so even if you are having a break from breastfeeding you can easily restart again after.

    Expressing your breast milk

    You can express by hand, or with a manual or electric breast pump.

    It can take a little while to get your milk flowing, so be patient with yourself.

    You may find having your baby near (or even looking at a photo of your baby) can encourage your milk to flow.

    Before expressing by hand or with a pump, make sure you have clean hands.

    Expressing by hand

    To express breast milk by hand:

    1. Have a clean container ready to collect your breast milk.
    2. Gently massage your breasts to encourage the milk.
    3. Cup your breast in one hand and with the other hand form a "C" shape with your forefinger and thumb.
    4. Squeeze gently with your finger and thumb a few centimetres from your nipple.
    5. Move your hand around your breast so are you are expressing from a

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