I've always heard that BM is good in the fridge for 8 days after pumping. I'm discovering mine starts smelling spoiled after just 3 or 4 days! The fridge temp is on the cool side, I'm keeping it toward the back of the fridge... what else could I be doing wrong? I'm throwing away so much milk, it's upsetting!
Thanks!
Re: BM goes bad in 3-4 days?!
I've been using the medela bottles... but it smells spoiled to me. Guess I need to limit it to 3 days of storage.
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this. I ended up throwing out milk because of this. Also, I had read 48 hours in the fridge, but did not hear 8 days until being on here. I know kellymom says that too. I would just freeze it and if you need milk go to your older freezer milk. Just a thought.
kellymom also says it's good on the counter for 10 hrs, and I don't trust that either. Who knows what temp your counter is at! It's like the idiots at restaurants in the summer who insist red wine should be served at "room temperature" when it's 80 degrees out. Yes, room temperature in the mountains in France, perhaps!
48 hours in the fridge, longer if you freeze it. And only 3-4 hours on the counter -- and shorter if it's hot out!
The LC at my hospital said 4-4-4, but in either case 3-4 days seems normal to me. If I am not going to use it in 3 days I freeze it.
Has kelly mom changed recently? I swear it used to be no more than 8 hours on a counter.
Anyways I do 5-5-5.