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Hello would like to share my experience to all moms. I am a FTM, and giving mix feeds to my baby. He is 2 mos old now. Initial 7 days he was admitted due to jaundice (yellow skin). Antibiotics were started and he was expose to light to lower the cause of the jaundice. After 3-; weeks postpartum, i notice that my pumped milk which stayed overnight turned to pink. I was thinking its was just a reaction of milk to any odf the metal parts of the pump. After 3 days, ny nursing bra which were wet of breastmilk, turned into neon pink like color. Alarming as it is, I consulted a doctor and was prescribed antibiotics incase it is unknowling mastitis. Seven days passed and the pink stain recurred in my baby’s spit up. Hence i consulted an infections doctor. And she considers it the bacteria called serratia. My son is very active but to be sure we were admitted int the hospital and still on completion of antibiotics. Better be safe than sorry. This bacteria is very rare and may cause a lot of diseases which is very harmful to our LO. Serratia as per the literature may be found from hospitals or everywhere. I don’t know where we acquired this one, since hygiene wise. Purified or distilled water was use to clean my baby’s feeding bottle and pump. Bottom line is, don’t be complacent when it comes to our LO, there immune system is not yet mature to fight of this bacteria. BreastMilk #PinkMilk #Serratia

Pink Milk / Accessories
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Same mommy, Una nagtataka ako bat nag color pink bottle niya kala ko sa kinain nya na mga snacks hanggang sa napansin ko yung mga ibang bottles with leftover milk turns into pink. Nag search nako thru online and it turns out na bacteria nga “ The results of the simulation of inadequate hygiene practices during preparation of feeding bottles showed that bottles or reconstituted milk can be readily contaminated with S. marcescens “ At ang possible cause nya mommy is “ In addition, poor hygiene practices such as lack of bottle wash after use, inadequate bottle washing and heat sanitisation, or use of contaminated kitchen cloths to wipe dry sterilised baby bottles were investigated as leading causes of microbial contamination and transfer during preparation of feeding bottles.

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2y ago

Wash your hand or Sanitize before preparing her/his milk mommy. Then clean the sterilizer first baka may naiwan na bacteria don bago gamitin. After ma sterilize ng mga bottles mommy let it dry kase pag basa ang mga bote may lapitin ng bacteria. After nila dumede takpan kaagad kung may natirang milk.

Ooh parang pink ink. Thanks for sharing.