For storage I use Avent storage cups - they are clear with blue lids. I think they are about $1 each but you can reuse them over and over again which is great and they also come with this adaptor that fits onto some pumps and you can express straight into the storage cup.
With steralising, I am a bit psycho and steralise each time I want to use the pump. I just use it and then put it back in the steamer and just take the lid off when I want to use it again. I know steralising isn't recommended anymore but because I am expressing mostly at the office, this is what works best for me.
I also freeze EBM within 2 days of collection together and haven't found any dramas.
You can just use zip lock glad bags to freeze in. I put about 50-100mls in each bag and lay flat to freeze. They defrost super fast being so thinly frozen. Don't waste money on expense freezing bags, they cheap stuff does the same thing.
We just used the freezer bags and froze in smaller amounts, great for when DS was going through a growth spurt and needed a top up. From memory you couldnt reuse the frozen milk once thawed out, so it would be wasted if not used right then. Maybe someone could confirm that?
I was also told the milk could only be mixed together if it was within 24 hrs. We only washed with hot soapy water after each pump, but once a day would boil all the equipment, it was stored in an air tight container in the fridge when not in use. We were told by the SCN not to store empty bottles with the lids on them, cant remember why, just that we should store thebottles and the lids seperate, but in an air tight container. HTH
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