Chemical oxidation

nano1

Well I've finally determined that I may be having a chemical oxidation situation with my pumped milk. Does anyone have any insight on this? I haven't gone in to LC yet but plan to try the general suggestions first like eliminate tap water and check my prenatal vitamin. So far I know my milk is only lasting two days but it may be less than that. Luckily I'm only working one day a week and dd seems to have taken the bottles fine while I was away so far. Would love any tips or personal experience!

Pontot31

Do you mean high lipase?
Scald your milk right after you pump it, before it goes into the fridge or freezer.

GoogleMD

Pontot31 said:

Do you mean high lipase?
Scald your milk right after you pump it, before it goes into the fridge or freezer.

Chemical oxidation us different than excess lipase.

It is due to excess metallic ions in the milk, often it is due to your tap water. I would wash you pump part's in distilled water, and avoid drinking your tap water. Also you can avoid use of antioxidants, and fish oil.

rachswi

Does the chemical oxidation make your frozen milk sour quickly? Or is that the lipase?

All the milk I've frozen has spoiled in less than an hour of preparing it for Zeke.

GoogleMD

@rachswi oxidation will make the milk smell sour or rancid, but it is not actually bad. I would stop using your tap water for cleaning and drinking and see if it improves.

Pontot31

rachswi said:

Does the chemical oxidation make your frozen milk sour quickly? Or is that the lipase?

All the milk I've frozen has spoiled in less than an hour of preparing it for Zeke.

Lipase will make it smell and taste very soapy. Some babies take it and others won't.

rachswi

Pontot31 said:

rachswi said:

Does the chemical oxidation make your frozen milk sour quickly? Or is that the lipase?

All the milk I've frozen has spoiled in less than an hour of preparing it for Zeke.

Lipase will make it smell and taste very soapy. Some babies take it and others won't.

It isn't soapy. It's definitely rancid. Guess I'll try cleaning the parts with distilled water.

I don't have the issue with fresh or refrigerated milk. Just frozen milk.

GoogleMD

rachswi said:

Pontot31 said:

rachswi said:

Does the chemical oxidation make your frozen milk sour quickly? Or is that the lipase?

All the milk I've frozen has spoiled in less than an hour of preparing it for Zeke.

Lipase will make it smell and taste very soapy. Some babies take it and others won't.

It isn't soapy. It's definitely rancid. Guess I'll try cleaning the parts with distilled water.

I don't have the issue with fresh or refrigerated milk. Just frozen milk.

It sounds like oxidation, do you drink your tap? Try drinking bottled water and cleaning to see if it improves

rachswi

GoogleMD said:

rachswi said:

Pontot31 said:

rachswi said:

Does the chemical oxidation make your frozen milk sour quickly? Or is that the lipase?

All the milk I've frozen has spoiled in less than an hour of preparing it for Zeke.

Lipase will make it smell and taste very soapy. Some babies take it and others won't.

It isn't soapy. It's definitely rancid. Guess I'll try cleaning the parts with distilled water.

I don't have the issue with fresh or refrigerated milk. Just frozen milk.

It sounds like oxidation, do you drink your tap? Try drinking bottled water and cleaning to see if it improves

We have a Brita pitcher that I use for drinking but I'd been washing my parts in the regular tap water (so it makes sense why he'd be fine with fresh milk or refrigerated milk that hasn't sat in the water long). Guess I can use the pitcher for washing my parts too

nano1

That's what I was wondering-is the brita considered tap water even though it's filtered? I always drink from our brita, but I may have to switch to buying distilled it looks like.

dramaphile

nano1 said:

That's what I was wondering-is the brita considered tap water even though it's filtered? I always drink from our brita, but I may have to switch to buying distilled it looks like.

I guess it would depend what minerals are causing the oxidation. Brita filters don't filter out very much in reality. We did a test in high school science class and the minerals removed by a filter are pretty minimal. I'd try the Brita and test out if it helps, and if it doesn't, go to distilled.