Pasteurizing breast milk

SweetPeaK26

I have so much milk in my freezer, some of it has to go. I've looked into donating to local hospitals, they don't accept it. I've posted on the Eats on Feets fb page, nothing. So, I went to a web page. I was going to post an ad for what I have available, but in bright red letters it says that you aren't supposed to post anything not pasteurized. They have a tip page, saying to heat the milk to 145 to pasteurize it.

First of all, won't that kill off a lot of good stuff in the milk?

Second, do I unfreeze everything I have, heat it, then refreeze? That doesn't seem healthy either.

So many of the ads say that they've got hundreds of oz frozen, and they need freezer space etc. I can't imagine that they all pasteurized their milk first, not knowing they'd be offering it to others.

So, do I offer to pasteurize it before shopping? Just say it's not pasteurized?

SweetPeaK26

It's called onlythebreast.com. It reads like its mandatory to their terms of service.

I'm in a small town. We don't have much in the line of local options. I was told the closest hospital that accepts it is 6 hours away. But I'll see about those other sites!

Am I right though, about that 'downgrading' the milk quality?

blondie10m

I donated to a hmbana milk bank. They pay for you to get blood testing and clear it with your ob and pedi. They send you a cooler that you pack full of bags and overnight back to them. I did this with my first. There is a minimum donation quantity for each shipment you have to meet. They pasteurize it and provide it to hospitals for nicus. They have pretty strict protocols for medications, sickness, and alcohol consumption.

SweetPeaK26

Thanks!

VitaLuna

Try the human milk for human babies FB page, too. The one in my area is always having needs unmet and a lot of people are willing to travel if you have a decent amount.