Sterilising bottles in hospital

[Becky6X]

Hi everyone,

I am planning to bottle feed and have bought the little bottles of the already made milk as the hospital doesn't allow powder. I am planning to take these and then a few baby bottles to pour the milk into.

The hospital said they have a microwave to sterilise the baby bottles... it may sound stupid but how do I sterilise them using a microwave? For at home I have a steriliser but obviously won't take this into hospital with me. Thanks x

Some hospitals will give you a Milton tank. Some hospitals will also give you disposable bottles or snap on teats.

Also the microwave steriliser will probably be done by a hca

Could you buy the newborn starter set as that comes with little bottles and teats. Otherwise you would need a microwave steriliser or bottle steriliser bags. Or I think you get some bottles that you can sterilise individually - MAM maybe

You can buy the formula already in bottles so you don’t need to sterilise, much less of a faff! Are you having a csection? You generally don’t stay in very long if not, so you may not need the steriliser.

I’m not entirely sure as I’ve never done it but I sterilised my pump parts in hospital with a Medela microwave bag, which are probably big enough to hold a couple of baby bottles. You can also buy sterilisers that go in the microwave - perhaps the hospital has one of these already?

Oh and you can buy disposable teats for the ready-made formula bottles so the baby can drink it straight away.

There are bottles that can be made sterile directly in the microwave. I think MAM but google it and you’ll see

My DD had MAM bottles for her DS once he moved onto formula feeding. The whole bottle is sterilised in the microwave.

These are the ones we have bought... does anyone know if you can buy teats to attach to these??

Aptamil do bottles of milk ready filled with a sterile teat that you can use in hospital, I would take a couple of packs in with you & leave a couple of packs at home that can be brought in if needed or can be used when you get home so you don't have to be rushing to sort everything as soon as you get home, there is nothing worse than a hungry baby if you are trying to get everything sorted in a hurry.

No I dont think so. You will get a lot of waste with those too if you dont have a fridge to store leftovers. This is the starter set:

You can buy microwave sterilisers/steriiiser bags, which fit 1 or 2 bottles and pats a d Lola but like ziplock freezer bags.

Where abouts is your hospital?

When I had mine they had formula available for free with the disposable tops. You just used them as required until you got home (scotland)

For microwaving though I used MAM bottles as they are designed to be sterilized in the microwave :)

I'd recommend the starter set instead of the ready made bottles for hospital. Keep the ready made bottles you've bought for night feeds or when your out and about but for the hospital you'll be better off with the starter bottles as they have teats you out onto them that are sterile and they're only small so better for when baby is only taking tiny amounts.

I'm going to get some with the teats already on the ready made bottles, should have thought about this before!! Thanks ladies for all your help! X