Tell me how you dealt with multiple pumping sessions.
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Kept in the fridge!
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I used the Medela wipes after my first pumping session, and rinsed the parts after my second pumping session (and then took them home to be washed and sterilized).
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Ugh. I cleaned them after every pump. I have some serious emotional scar tissue from those awful 5 months!
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In the beginning I used sterilizing wipes, but since I had the luxury of having a fridge to keep my parts in (there was a fridge in the lactation room), I just stored the parts in there, wiping them down after each session with a paper towel. I'd wash the parts at home.
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The first couple times, I took time to wash parts EVERY.TIME. Then I wised up and started storing the parts with the filled bottles in the fridge and reused them
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Wipe off with a paper towel, put in a baggie, put in the mini fridge at my desk. I pump twice a day, around 10 am and 3 pm.
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Rinsed & put in a Tupperware with an ice pack. The fridge wasnt easily accessible for me.
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I kept a burp cloth to briefly wipe down the pump after each session. Put the parts in a big ziploc and put that in another bag since it's a shared fridge and I didn't need everyone to see what it was.
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I rinse them off in the sink and stick them in my lunch bag in the fridge, and at the end of the day I use the Medela steam bags to sterilize. I bring them home every Friday for a good wash.
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I had pump wipes I kept in my bag!
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I use the Medela pump wipes usually. They seem to work pretty well, but it can still be time consuming depending on how complicated your pump parts are.
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Rinsed them after the first pump. After second pump, I would Medela wipe them before going home.
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I rinse and then store in the fridge. I wash them when I get home. They get sterilized at least twice a week. In the beginning I used the steam bags to sterilize them at work. That got tiresome pretty quickly.
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I just wipe down and store in fridge. I soak in soapy water right when I get home.
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I just store everything in the fridge then use Medela wipes after my last pumping session. I sterilize everything when I get home.
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None of the above (slacker!!!) I wiped down with a kleenex and stored NOT in the frig. If breast milk is OK unrefrigerated for 6 hours, I don't know why little droplets of breast milk would not be OK for that many hours between my first and third pump of the day. Did this for two babies, one year each, and no problems whatsoever.
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I just rinsed and dried them really well between pumping sessions. I didn't have a fridge that I felt comfortable leaving them in.
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Rinsed and wiped them down to store dry after each session, did not refrigerate the parts. Washed when I got home. I probably shouldn't be so lax about it, but LO never had any issues. I also totally ignored the "must be used within 24 hours of thawing" rule
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@BabyBoecksMom: glad its not just me!
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Just rinse out with hot water in between pumps, then bring home at end of the day to wash with hot water and soap.
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I bought three sets of pump parts. I work in a male dominated field and pumped in my office. I didn't want to be toting pump parts around the building and washing in front of anyone.
I kept extra bottles and caps at work after forgetting multiple times.
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I just stored them in the fridge, didn't even rinse/wipe them down! I figured it's just milk on them, and if the milk is cold, it's fine! Anything to save time and effort for an annoying task like pumping.
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There was a fridge in the lactation room (seriously the name of the room, with a sign next to the door and everything), so I just rinsed, stored in a ziploc and stuck them in the fridge for the next round.
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