which milk to use?

mantle

It is time for me to go back to work full time and I am trying to figure which is better: should I use the milk that I pump or should I freeze that milk and use the milk that was frozen first? What do you suggest?

KellyG6279

It's really up to what you want to do.  I've been at this for almost a year now and have been lucky enough to pump enough for the next day.  I have always used fresh (not frozen) BM and continually added to my stash as well.  Just recently, I have been thawing out a bag/day and mixing it with fresh milk (just in case it tastes different from being frozen). 

 

katlizabeth

Ds only takes two bottles/day while I'm gone, and they're both frozen as of right now.  I found that if I gave him fresh, I'd never use the frozen stuff I have.  That may change if I pump less or he eats more!  I figure he gets fresh milk from me when we nurse 4 other times during the day.

Melymel80

I'd go with 1/2 frozen and 1/2 fresh. That way you can rotate your stash.

jacobs32

I send fresh from the day before and of Friday freeze what I pump. Monday I send 2 bottles of frozen milk to rotate it out of the freezer and I bottle pumped fresh on Sunday.  I only pump just what he takes so I really am only adding one exta bag to my freezer supply every week.