What quantity do you freeze in?

bleu928

How many ozs of BM do you freeze in one bag? Do you vary it so you have different combinations to thaw?

na24

I just freeze in whatever quantities I've been able to pump.  If I pump 7 oz. in the morning, I split it into two bags of 3.5 oz.  If I pump 2 oz. in the afternoon, I just freeze the 2 oz.  I figure with two babies, I'll always be able to use up whatever I thaw down the road because there will be enough combinations to make it the right amount, total.

MamiJam

I also freeze whatever I pump.  In my freezer stash I have bags ranging from 2oz-5.5oz.  If you have any doubts, I'd freeze a lower amount so that you don't waste heating up a larger bag that LO won't finish.

alison43

at the beginning i froze 4 oz...then i realized that dd wasn't taking that much so i started freezing 2 oz.  then i did 3 oz for a while but now that she is taking 4 oz i am back to doing 4 oz bags.

monlyn9

Since I won't need to tap into that supply until around 8 weeks, most of mine are 4 oz. I have a couple of 4.5 oz and 5 oz bags as well though.

KariChadDora

As someone who has had to start dipping into her freezer stash on a daily basis now, do mostly 3-5 oz combos, but also through in some 1-2 oz bags, so you can get just enough.  I froze in mostly 3-4 oz quantities and I am now giving about one 5 oz bottle a day, and it has been tricky to come up with this number without wasting milk. In addition to needing to give a bottle a day now because I am not making enough milk, I am replacing a feeding or two with freezer milk so I can pump and freeze  bunch of 1Oz servings.  I am using an ice cube tray to do this.  HTHs.

Bernadette5

I started by doing 4oz at a time. So I just keep a bottle in the fridge so that my mother can top off the 4 oz bottles to make them 5oz because that seems to be what she is eating now. This week I just started freezing them at 5 oz so she won't have to worry about topping them off.