Expressing

Expressing breast milk

Expressing your breast milk can be useful for lots of reasons:

to tempt your baby to go on the breast
to help relieve engorgement or release a blocked duct
it is also essential if you and your baby are separated for a prolonged period of time.

Expressing your milk can be done by hand or using a pump (either manual or electric). For hand expressing, follow this link to watch a short video which explains the technique.

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York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is registered, and therefore licensed to provide services, by the Care Quality Commission (Provider ID: 1-114394658). For more information, visit www.cqc.org.uk

Maternity access at York Hospital - Saturday 22 February

On Saturday 22 February, 8am-6pm, there will be a temporary change of vehicle access to the maternity unit at York Hospital. Access via entrance 2 will be closed to allow essential works to be completed.

If you are attending the maternity unit at York on this day, please drive in via the entrance for A&E (marked blue light priority).

The multi-storey car park will not be affected by this change, and any non-urgent visitors should continue to park in this area.