Does anyone know how long previously
refrigerated breast milk is good for once
warmed up?
Example: I am shy about breast feeding in
public so I pumped and refrigerated since
it will be used within a few days. But
once warmed up how long is it good for?
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Ms Chief
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 68
Posted: 05-01-06 02:03am
Rewarmed-weather it was frozen or
refridgerated -breastmilk is good for
about an hour.
Don't warm it up 'till you need it- bring
it cold, ask for a mug of hot water in a
cafe or something when the baby wants the
feed. Just stand the bottle in it for a
few minutes.
If you pump milk, it will be ok in the
fridge (but not in the door ocf the
fridge- at the back- for up to 3 days- you
can then freeze it if you have not used it
-it will keep frozen for up to 3 months.If
you thaw some, and warm it, but the baby
doesn't take any- you can still put it
back in the fridge and try to use it again
later, but don't keep it more than 24
hours, and you can't re-feeze it.
Best thing to do it get a new ice-tray,
steralise it, fill the little
ice-compartments with breastmilk, you can
empty the milk-cubes into a container, and
just keep making more cubes.
That way, you need only thaw or heat as
much as you need at the time. And, at
those timeas where baby decides all of a
sudden he'd like a bigger feed- you can
just grab a "top up" instead of thawing
out a wgole bottle. (it's also handy for
a quick cool down when you accidently
overheat the bottle) carry however much
you think you'l need- still frozen- that
way, any you haven't needed to thaw
completely, you can put in the fridge.
Later on, store baby's first foods the
same way-they only try little bits to
begin with, so it's useless to have a
whole big bowl of pureed apples or
whatever every time.
