Expressing milk means squeezing milk out of your breast so that you can store it and feed it to your baby at a later time.

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If it's not possible to breastfeed a baby because they're premature, sick or born via surrogacy or to same-sex parents, human donor milk is a great alternative.

There are many reasons why mothers may want to express their breast milk

Some mothers have difficulty producing enough breast milk while others produce more milk than their own baby needs.

There are a number of reasons why a breast feeding mother might wish to express milk rather than feeding the baby directly from the breast.

Expressing breast milk by hand is a cheap and convenient method.

This page includes information about expressing, storing, cleaning equipment, transporting and preparing expressed breastmilk for your baby.

Consider donating your breast milk to our Milk Bank. This is a chance for you to be part of our mission to help thousands of vulnerable premature babies by giving them access to donated breast milk.

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Milk collects, tests and distributes donated breast milk to help premature babies. Find out if Lifeblood donated breast milk can help your family.