Expressing - how much? Hindmilk/foremilk?

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I'm sure this has been answered many a time before, but DS is bound to wake up ay minute and start screaming so I have to be quick! On Wednesday I have to do something for a few hours and a friend will look after DS (he's 6 weeks old). I'm going to express some milk for her to give him in case he gets hungry during this time. My question is, how much should I express? I'm going to do it by hand. I've already got 30ml off one breast but is this enough for a feed? Also, do I need to make sure there's a mixture of foremilk and hindmilk? Lastly, having been exclusively breastfed up till now, is he likely to reject a bottle teat?

he may reject the teat but he may not. can you try him with it before you leave him? some babies won't take a bottle from their mum at all but will from someone else. if it is a problem your friend could feed him from a cup. do you have a plastic beaker or something like an egg cup? just put the milk to his lips and he'll lap it up. they do this with prem babies who struggle with a teat.

as for how much to express, i used to just express enough to fill a small bottle, i think it was 4 oz? if you're only gone a few hours and he's only 6 weeks i'd have thought that would be enough. a lot of babies will only take very little then they wait til their mum gets back and then fill up.

don't worry about the foremilk hindmilk thing. there are a few myths about that, just express and don't worry.