Anyone pump at work with no access to a fridge?

stefsaut · May 2011

I am starting a new job on Monday and just found out there is no refrigerator anywhere in the building to store my milk throughout the day. Do you just store your milk in a regular lunch bag with some ice packs? Or do you use something special that you really like for this purpose?

JLS0320 · May 2011

I don't have an office, I work from my car, so I also pumped in my car and would store my milk in a cooler w/ ice. Worked out well for me.

jenuine · May 2011

I made it through a full year with an insulated lunch bad and ice. Worked for me.

CHI-06 · May 2011

I stored the milk in the insulated bag inside my pump bag with two ice packs around it. It was always cold when I transferred it to the fridge when I got home. Always worked just fine for me. No biggie...

historychick79 · May 2011

I had no access to a fridge, and I also have a pretty long walk to my car most days (university campus without staff parking). I kept my pump and a large cooler at work. Each day I brought clean bottles/parts and several ice packs. I kept the pump parts and pumped milk in the large cooler with the ice packs through the day, then transferred everything to my lunch cooler bag to get it home.

2-Step · May 2011

We have a fridge, but I always prefered storing it in my own bag at my desk. My coworkers are nosy and I would rather not have them going through my BM bag, besides our fridge is not clean. I simply brought ice packs in a small lunch cooler. I also kept my pump bottles and parts in there with the ice packs so I didn't have to clean it after each use. I rinsed it, but I figured with the cold environment that any leftover milk in the bottles would still be fine to pump into for the next pumping. Like I said, my coworkers are weird and I wanted to avoid soaping up my pump in the kitchen sink. This saved me a lot of time and I never had any problems. I had a few ice packs that I would rotate through for the week and washed my pump each night when I got home.

shannm · May 2011

I did have access to a fridge and did not use. Pumped twice a day over six months. Kept the milk in cooler sleeves that came with the pump bag and kept the horns in a plastic bag in between sessions at room temp..

No big deal IMO.

naflmj · May 2011

I used the cooler and ice packs that came with my pump.

h2babe · May 2011

jenuine:
I made it through a full year with an insulated lunch bad and ice. Worked for me.

Me as well.

luvmagoldn · May 2011

I had access to a fridge but didn't use it. I preferred to keep my milk in the bag with ice packs at my desk.

mooretiggr · May 2011

yup, it's that simple. 2 ice packs with bottles sandwiched between in the cooler that came with my pump.

ashy22lou · May 2011

Freshly expressed milk can be stored at room temp for about 10 hours. (Only 4 or 5 if it's a warm room.) So I don't think it's a big deal at all. Sometimes I put mine in the fridge at work, and sometimes I just store it in an insulated bag.

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