NEVER EVER Microwave Breastmilk

Do not warm breast milk in a microwave oven. It can change the breast milk and reduce the quality of the milk. Microwave ovens heat the milk unevenly to cause a chance of burning your baby’s mouth.

Further elaboration will be as below and this article taken from Associated Content.

The number one reason not to microwave breastmilk is that, according to kidsgrowth.com, "Microwaving breastmilk can change the milk's composition."

Studies have shown that "there is a substantial loss of the anti-infective properties of breast milk when it is microwaved to a temperature between 72 [degree] -98 [degree] C, a temperature easily reached in most microwave ovens. Even at lower temperatures (20 [degree] -53 [degree] C) the anti-infective action is a significantly lessened."It has been found that, "Microwaving breastmilk, or heating it on the stove, can cause a loss of Vitamin C content, along with loss of some of the milk's special anti-infective properties. The higher the temperature, the more pronounced the effect."

It is important to note that the above statement included heating milk on the stove as another no-no. We often think that microwaving is the only thing you can't do with breastmilk. However, heating breastmilk on the stove has the potential to spike the tempature to a point where vitamin and mineral loss is likely to happen.