Hi ladies. I'm wondering if anyone is dealing with excess lipase? From what I've read it's rare, but I think that is what is going on with my milk. DS will not drink frozen milk. He cries and cries, will take a few sucks, then cries again. If I give him a fresh bottle and he sucks it down no issues. My frozen milk has a metallic smell and tastes nasty. I tried a few different bags today and they were all like that. Right now I'm mixing it half and half to see if he'll drink it.
I freeze the milk right after I pump, so it doesn't sit around.
Anyway, I have a ridiculous supply and have over 900oz frozen. I am sick to think I might not be able to use it! Anything I can do other than mix it with fresh to mask the taste?
Now, should I start scalding the milk I freeze from now on and see if that helps? Will that stop the nasty taste? Can I save all the milk until the end of the day and scald it all at once, or should it be done after each pump?
Re: excessive lipase
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Can you do a fridge test? I have excess lipase in my milk and my milk starts to smell funky after about 48 hrs of being refridgerated (milk is supposed to be good for 5-8 days) You could stick some in there and smell it every 12ish hours to see when/if it starts to smell. If it starts to turn you probably have excess lipase and need to scald. I scald everything and had to toss about 100oz when I found out. It was a sad day. I just try to think of it as baby weight I got rid of. Lol
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I am pretty sure this is what's up with my milk. I just scalded my first batch the other day and I cooled it in the fridge and it smelled like nothing the next morning. I did not taste it though. I tested my milk without scalding it and it was starting to get nasty right away - smell and taste (I tried it at almost two hours). I'm hoping this is why she refuses the bottle. Will have the babysitter try this week. You should be able to donate your milk if you want to since I think it's all mixed together? I may have that wrong.
I never knew this was something to look out for, and I figured out I have this same issue today! DS refused to eat a bottle earlier this week, and my DH said once he tasted the milk it was very sour/bad tasting (only a few days old in the fridge). Then we tested my frozen stash, and it all was nasty! I was pumping and immediately freezing so I could go out for an all day bachelorette party today - wine tasting, picnic, games, dinner, etc. But since all my frozen stash was gross tasting and DS would not eat it, I had to just pump one extra bottle before I left for him to eat a few hours later, and only could hit up one winery and lunch and then head home.
I'm going to try to scald, divide, and store some, and test it at various intervals to see how long it keeps in the fridge and freezer...good luck!