What do you ladies think I should do... On Thursdays I work at a clinic and we only have a tiny dorm fridge. I can put my milk in it... but my question is what do I do with my pump parts. At my other jobs I put the pump parts in a bag in the fridge so I don't have to clean them in between pumps... Is it ok if I just rinse them and leave them at room temp?
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Re: Help: Pumping at work...tiny fridge....
I actually don't even rinse or refrigerate pump parts. A LC reminded me that milk is stable at room temp for 8 hours, so as long as your hands are clean it is fine to just reuse the parts. Put them in a clean plastic bag in between uses. I keep the milk in a small container with blue ice in my office. been doing this since April and so far, all is well with LO and me!
ETA: of course I thoroughly wash all parts every night
It's not like I never wash them - just not in between sessions throughout a work day.
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This is fine too. Also, not sure what your budget is like, but I just ended up buying 2 sets of pump parts since I pumped 2 times during the work day.