What should I do and how to clean the Medea catheter?

Almost all mothers use breast pumps after giving birth. On the one hand, breast pump can alleviate the rising of milk and reduce the probability of mastitis in women, on the other hand, it can facilitate the storage of breast milk and care for family life. Many mothers will choose to use medela's breast pump. How to feed through Medea catheter and how to clean it?

It is normal for the breast pump to feed into the catheter, which will affect the normal use of the breast pump. It is necessary to remove the milk from the catheter to keep it dry and unobstructed.

The milk in the cleaning catheter is the same as the water droplets left in the cleaning catheter. You need to open the back cover of the breast pump first and take out the sponge used to absorb water. Then prepare warm water, remove the bell mouth from the end of the breast pump connected to the nipple, put the catheter into warm water, start the breast pumping mode, inhale warm water and let it be discharged through the back cover. Suction several times, rinse the catheter with warm water to dry or spin dry, and dry it with a breast pump. Then clean and dry the sponge, put it back in place, and install the back cover of the breast pump.

In this process, because warm water is used, when cleaning the catheter, the catheter will also be cleaned and disinfected, and the breast pump can be used directly after being processed.

Cleaning the catheter of the breast pump is relatively simple. In addition to using the breast pump to start the breast pumping mode, it can also be disassembled, soaked in warm water alone and cleaned with a catheter brush.