how to scald milk?

mamababyrn

I just defrosted my first bag of frozen BM and it definitely has an excess lipase (metallic smell to it). I am praying she will still take it, but I figure I should probably start scalding my milk from here on out. Does anyone know the proper way to do it? I have heard doing it in a pan and using a bottle warmer. Anyone have any experience with this?

GenRN45

Rachel, please see my response on gp. I wouldn't do it.

SkiesOfBlue

First see if LO will take it. Mine would not and I don't blame her because it smelled HORRIBLE. I stick the milk in a small sauce pot (I think it's a 2 or 3 cup pan). I don't do that much at a time because I don't pump frequently. Put it on low heat and slowly heat it while stirring often. When it looks like it is forming a skin on the top, I turn it off and pour it into bottles. To reduce spillage, I pour from the pot into a measuring cup and then from the measuring cup to the bottles using the breast shield from the pump as a funnel. I then cool them quickly by putting the bottles in an ice bath in the fridge for a few minutes, then they go in the freezer. It's a pain in the butt - sorry you have to deal with this.

SilliRy

I have to scald my pumped milk...because of excess lipase, it will go sour within 3 hours of pumping. Of course, I didn't find this out until the day before I went back to work...and had to throw away close to 200 oz in the freezer!

Since I do almost all of my pumping at work, I bought a little bottle warmer that I keep at my desk. After pumping I heat the milk to about 160 degrees (I have a meat thermometer that I use for this). After I take it out of the warmer, I immediately transfer it to a container of ice water to cool it down quickly. If I'm home, I heat the milk in a pan...but it's much easier in the bottle warmer.

It's a huge pain to scald the milk, and you should be aware that heating it will kill some of the nutrients. However, it's the only way to get my girl to take pumped milk, and it's important to me that she gets exclusive BM. If the only option for feeding her was the scalded milk, I'm not sure I would do it...but since she doesn't get bottles when I'm home, I think that balances out some of the loss of nutrients of the few ounces she takes when I'm away.

If you have any questions let me know!