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How much to freeze

mon.petit.choumon.petit.chou member
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I started pumping once a day in addition to EBF. I go back to work in around 6 weeks and wanted to build up my freezer stash. How many ounces should I be freezing in each bag? I have no idea how much my son takes at each feeding.
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    abbeyleigh2008@yahoo.comabbeyleigh2008@yahoo.com
    I would say 34 ounces. Does he eat every 3 hrs? The average intake is around 2530 ounces a day. So divide that by how many feedings he does to figure out around how much he may be eating in a session. Kellymom.com has some great articles on pumping. I fr
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    Vol4lifeVol4life member
    I froze 4 oz per bag, just to make it easier for my Mom and GMom when they were watching DD. I had a huge oversupply so I used TONS of bags. I probably could have frozen 8 oz to fil up the bag and save on bags. I've read to freeze in 2 oz increments, that
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    stgn01stgn01 member

    I have a tendency to freeze in different increments.  Sometimes it's just 1oz and sometimes it's 4oz.  That way if LO wants more, I can heat up an ounce or two extra instead of warming up 4oz and then wasting the extra 2.  

    I also



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    jroth33470jroth33470 member

    imagemon.petit.chou:
    I started pumping once a day in addition to EBF. I go back to work in around 6 weeks and wanted to build up my
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    cltk12cltk12 member
    imagetheresat858:

    I froze in 4 ounce bags and it has worked well. 

    When LO took 3 ounce bottles, I'd defrost 2 bags and

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