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Breastmilk and daycare

erica_kasparerica_kaspar
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So I had no idea how much BM I had in the deep freezer until DH told me he could not longer put food in there. Apparently I have 300 ounces and I've been giving O's sitter fresh milk. I should give DC the older milk now right and then just freeze the leftover?

I also have some milk when I wasn't dairy free that I won't be able to use about 50 oz. Does anyone know what I can do with this? I hate to throw it down the drain.

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  • cali_girl92504cali_girl92504
    Frozen milk loses a lot (if not all, I can't remember) of it immunological properties so I wouldn't only give her frozen. If she takes 3 bottles at daycare, I would give one frozen and two fresh so she's still getting the good, fresh stuff as much as possible.
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  • CareBear01CareBear01

    imagecali_girl92504:
    Frozen milk loses a lot (if not all, I can't remember) of it immunological properties so I wouldn't only give her frozen. If she takes 3 bottles at daycare, I would give one frozen and two fresh so she's still getting the good, fresh stuff as much as possible.

    I think I remember doing the same.  The BM you produced when she was 1 week old is not the same as 3 months old, etc, so I would definitely start rotating your oldest out and start freezing your current.  As Caligirl said, just give 1 or 2 bottles of frozen, then use fresh (bottle or BF) the rest of the day.  That will help you cycle out some of it, although the little bags are expensive!  Check with your DC - some of them let you provide it frozen, and others will require it to be thawed already.

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  • kreeper611kreeper611 member

    I would mix half and half.  We were required to bring it thawed out, in the bottles.  If I had a 6oz bag, I'd pour 2oz in each bottle and mix the rest with fresh BM.

    The other 50oz - see if you can donate them.

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  • erica_kasparerica_kaspar

    Thanks! Her sitter said she will make the bottles so just provide whatever (frozen or fresh) but I didn't know what to do with my frozen stuff.

    Ill try to donate the other 50 oz I have.

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  • Suzi-G-Suzi-G- member

    I personally never gave frozen milk until much later on when I started having days when he drank more than I pumped.  For me the number one purpose of BFing was the antibodies, freezing does damage them so I always gave as much fresh milk as I could.

    My initial stash (which was about 300oz) I donated to a family that had just adopted a baby. Cooper was about 3 months old at the time so the milk I had pumped when he was a few weeks old was nutritionally better suited for their newborn.  (I just got a Christmas card from them, and he's super cute!)

    If you are interested in donating milk there are a number of avenues for that.  

    After that I never rebuilt quite as big a stash and I've needed to dip into it a number of times. 

    My big boy is bounding towards 4! Baby brother coming in October!
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    Hipster dog is not impressed.
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  • uhsocceruhsoccer
    If you are looking to donate it, I will take it. I have a 3 week old and I have inverted nipples and my baby isn't latching on very well so I have to pump and I am not making as much milk as he needs. I have tried to also add in formula to help with the loss but have found out that my baby is intolerable to milk protein and had blood in his stool. So my doctor gave us a perscription formula to try and he throws it up so I am really stressed out and don't know what to do. I would gladly take your breastmilk to help out with my lack of milk.
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  • rayskit10rayskit10 member

    imageuhsoccer:
    If you are looking to donate it, I will take it. I have a 3 week old and I have inverted nipples and my baby isn't latching on very well so I have to pump and I am not making as much milk as he needs. I have tried to also add in formula to help with the loss but have found out that my baby is intolerable to milk protein and had blood in his stool. So my doctor gave us a perscription formula to try and he throws it up so I am really stressed out and don't know what to do. I would gladly take your breastmilk to help out with my lack of milk.

    Unfortunately, the milk she is trying to give away has milk protein in it so it probably wouldn't work for your baby either. :( But please do call a lactation consultant. If you are making milk, they can help you with the latch issues and the production issues. 

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  • uhsocceruhsoccer
    what is weird is that i drink milk and milk products and my son doesn't have any problems with my breastmilk, so I think it will be fine.
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