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Post by pinkmickey24 on Aug 13, 2017 4:23:34 GMT
At some point this evening DH or one of my littles knocked my pumped milk out of the fridge. I discovered this about 30 minutes ago. The bag was still cool to touch and the a/c in the housr is set for 74. I'm assuming it's still fine since it was cool to the touch.
Second, per Kelly Mom website you can rinse pump parts and store in the fridge and use throughout the day. Then washing in the evening. But I've read some different sites trying to answer the above question which has different thoughts. What do you Do? Do wash after each pump session or rinse parts, store in fridge, and wash in the evenings? I have almost 100 ounces stashed in the fridge. My anxiety is starting to flare as returning to work looms near. So I'm worrying myself over things like this.
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Post by cmb on Aug 13, 2017 10:29:26 GMT
No personal experience, but I've known people who do the fridge and those who washed every time.
I know with frozen milk, if there was still frozen chunks, it goes back in the freezer.
Isn't BM good out of the fridge for 6 hours? If I can leave formula out for 2, I would think your BM would be perfectly fine
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Post by irish14 on Aug 13, 2017 16:09:13 GMT
6 hrs out is conservative - it can be good for up to 10 out. Smell it, if it's bad you will KNOW - spoiled bm smells worse than reg milk, really bad. Bm is very resilient. Yes, for frozen, if it still has ice crystals it's considered still frozen. And you can refreeze once, just mark the bag.
Storing in fridge and washing 1x/day is fine. More stringent washing or needing to sterilize usually applies only to preemies or immunocompromised babies. People are freaking out right now because of some new recommendations (CDC maybe?) that came out after a baby got sick from some crazy bacteria when mom wasn't washing after every feed - but they were leaving them sitting out in bowls of water in the sink between feeds, and also I think the baby was a preemie. So the worries don't really need to apply where you're regular feeding a healthy term baby.
So, it's fine to store in the fridge between pumps. I did that with DS and am now doing that with DD - wash once per day. Actually I have extra flanges so I wash the pump part/value 1x day and use everything else clean, but that's just bc I'm only manual pumping and have lots of extra parts.
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Post by irish14 on Aug 13, 2017 16:10:35 GMT
pinkmickey24 good job on the stashing! How old is your fridge milk - you'll typically want to freeze if you're not going to use it in 8 days or so. Hugs on the anxiety - I have a week left so I feel you, even tho I've done it before.
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Post by pinkmickey24 on Aug 13, 2017 20:09:52 GMT
cmb Thank you! irish14 Thank you! My fridge milk is used the day after pumping. I've been stashing 2 ounces in the freezer each day since the end of June. I keep my rinsed parts in the fridge and do my best to shake out the left over water before pumping. I know my anxiety is flaring up because of the return to work. It happened with the boys as well.
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Post by tortor4 on Aug 13, 2017 23:02:28 GMT
I'm not pumping anymore but when I was I just washed once a day and stored in the fridge in between pumps. Also if the milk that you found was still cool to the touch, I'd put it back in the fridge without a second thought.
Kind of off topic but I have some milk in my freezer that we can't use now because of a dairy sensitivity. Anyone ever do anything with unused milk? It's less than 100 ounces.
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Post by cubbiebear325 on Aug 14, 2017 1:15:27 GMT
If at home, I store parts in a plastic bag in fridge and wash daily. At work, I wipe parts with medela quick clean wipes then wash when I get home
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Post by cmb on Aug 14, 2017 12:22:27 GMT
tortor4 I still leak and have been using it on baby acne. I'm also told it works really well for pink eye
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Post by tortor4 on Aug 14, 2017 17:55:50 GMT
tortor4 I still leak and have been using it on baby acne. I'm also told it works really well for pink eye Oh I've never heard the pink eye thing! I've used it on baby acne too and it worked great. |
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Post by lildiamondeyes on Aug 14, 2017 18:26:19 GMT
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Post by tortor4 on Aug 14, 2017 18:42:26 GMT
I've looked into a couple places online and it looks like they're not interested unless you have a pretty large amount to donate. I should look into my local hospitals though |
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Post by lildiamondeyes on Aug 14, 2017 20:18:20 GMT
I've looked into a couple places online and it looks like they're not interested unless you have a pretty large amount to donate. I should look into my local hospitals though You could check your Facebook Bfing groups as well. |
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Post by txcatlady on Aug 16, 2017 17:48:55 GMT
I use the medela quick clean wipes to wipe off the flanges at work and put them in a small wetbag in the fridge between pumping sessions. I wash at night.
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