How do you store your bm while at work?

LosaJrTomasi

Hey ladies! Going back to work soon and plan on pumping there..just wondering what different methods you use to store your breast milk. I won't have a fridge to store it in so  I was wondering if a cooler with ice packs that hold the bottles are good or just regular ice packs that will hold the milk storage bags are better. I don't mind leaving it in a bottle or pouring it in the baggies right away just trying to see what would be better and or faster before I buy either one. Thanks!

alie78_80

You could do either, keep in the pumping bottles or pour into the bags right away.  It would really depend on how much room you have in the cooler you are bringing.  The bags take up less room.

cchill01

Medela has a nice little square cooler with an icepack specifically design to hold 4 bottles of pumped milk.   It came with my pump, but I think you can buy it separately.  It's perfect and easy to keep under my desk.

And after you're done pumping the little ice pack with rounded indents is perfect for carrying 4 beers to a BYO restaurant

danabsd

cchill01:

1.Medela has a nice little square cooler with an icepack specifically design to hold 4 bottles of pumped milk. It came with my pump, but I think you can buy it separately. It's perfect and easy to keep under my desk.

2.And after you're done pumping the little ice pack with rounded indents is perfect for carrying 4 beers to a BYO restaurant [;]

1. This.
2. That's awesome.

Brummy14

Anyone know where to buy those Medela cooler bags? They're apparently elusive in the US. Maybe Amazon UK, but nothing here I'm finding...

LosaJrTomasi

Brummy14:

Anyone know where to buy those Medela cooler bags? They're apparently elusive in the US. Maybe Amazon UK, but nothing here I'm finding...

 

i can't find them either..  

Brummy14

So, best luck finding the Medela bag on Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Medela-Cooler-Bag-4-Bottles/dp/B003IT66YY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362069719&sr=8-1

Price is around $40 US shipped...eh. 

melody921

I leave the milk in the bottles and tuck them in a cooler with an ice pack. The only time I would bring milk storage bags is if I were going out of town and had to pump enough times that I wouldn't have enough bottles.

singingirl96

speer06:

Ameda makes something simliar:

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4239869

But, BRU also sells the icepack for $7.99 and you can just put that in a regular square lunch box that you can get at pretty much any place.

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2793362

 

I have this one and it works really well. 

MommaAmers

I have two of the Ameda sets (one for daycare and one for me at work).  I love them.