Did you forget about a bottle of milk in the back of the fridge or a bag of
frozen milk in the freezer?
Later, when I worked for a company that required a long commute, I got in the habit
of freezing my milk in the company's large refrigerator / freezer combo.
You start pumping to build up a stash of
frozen milk for your return to work.
To
thaw frozen milk, run warm water over it until it is your desired temperature or let it sit in the refrigerator overnight.
Additionally, I would not reuse
previously frozen milk at subsequent feedings; I would handle it the same way I would handle formula.
If you
use frozen milk, your baby should drink the smoothie within one day.
Do
not freeze milk for a high - risk baby when that milk has been refrigerated for more than 24 to 48 hours.
Unless your drive is fairly short, I would refrain from
freezing the milk at your destination and instead wait until you get home, if possible.
Instead of cubes, these trays
freeze the milk into rods, or sticks so they can fit directly into the opening of a bottle.
Oh and side note, I would always
freeze milk as soon as possible if you aren't going to use it within 1 - 2 days.
It is not recommended that you add freshly expressed breast milk on top of
already frozen milk in the freezer as the temperature difference can cause a break down in the breast milk properties.
Although fresh milk is always ideal, you do not need to toss or
freeze the milk after 3 days in the refrigerator.
So
while freezing your milk is fine and necessary when done in the right amounts and for the right reasons, it is not ideal to be used for the long term.
Always try to leave an inch or so from the milk to the top of the container
since frozen milk expands.
I'd
bring frozen milk for the first two days only, and supplement with freshly pumped and refrigerated milk from the two days prior to your trip to ensure everything is still viable.
That way I
carried frozen milk in the little cooler that came with my pump bag and I didn't have to worry about ice.
I have an 11 month old baby and an ample supply of
frozen milk which has been kept in a deep freezer.
That way babies only getting eight hours in one week of
frozen milk assuming you're working an eight - hour shift and the rest of the time the milk is all fresh.
So she found four local moms online, and asked if she could have their
extra frozen milk.
Depending on the type of freezer you have, you may be able to store
frozen milk for up to a year.
Therefore, depending on the type of freezer you have and how old your baby is when you
start freezing milk, your milk might not last as long as you need it to.
I would suggest getting a ton of bottles if your child is going to daycare and
freezing milk directly in them.
When adding the cold breast milk to a container of
already frozen milk, the amount that you add should be less than the amount of the breast milk that is already frozen.
I'm worried I'll have to stop all together because we've been dipping into my small supply
of frozen milk to keep up with baby.
If frozen milk is given to the baby after the treatment, thrush may recur.
Before accepting
frozen milk from healthy lactating women, a specific screening process is done to ensure the safety for both the donating woman and the future accepting recipients.
I have a large supply of
frozen milk because I started pumping right after my daughter's birth, so I have bags of colostrum - rich breast milk.
Other milkbags, sold specifically as bottle liners, are not as durable, making them an unacceptable alternative
when freezing the milk as the seams may burst during the freezing process perhaps causing a leak during thawing.
The excitement of my kids when her husband came to collect
frozen milk on his motorbike.
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