Community› The Bump Message Boards› Success after IF
Success after IF
New Discussion

Frozen BM in side by side-how long can I keep it?

ALY1981ALY1981
in Success after IF
I am overflowing my side by side freezer with BM and quickly running out of room. I have just started rotating my stash once a week, but I have milk as old as mid March-is this okay? It smells fine. I guess my question is-What is your rule of thumb regarding frozen BM? 3 months? 6 months or longer? Or do I need to start feeding him the frozen milk so we don't waste?

Diagnosed PCOS & MFI-Success with IUI
Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker

Report Reply to Post

Re: Frozen BM in side by side-how long can I keep it?

  • perry7285perry7285 member

    our rule has been 3 months for a regular freezer that is opened multiple times a day. our chest freezer which is just for BM, which is colder and opened less frequently, we pretty much save it indefinitely.

    if you don't plan on weaning early, i wouldn't bother using frozen stuff just to use it--fresh is more nutritious, and it sounds like you make plenty of milk to give your LO all fresh milk for as long as you're nursing. if you don't want to throw it out, you could check out milk share programs to donate it to someone who needs BM. 

    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • lovinglife30lovinglife30 member
    I kept mine in our regular freezer so we used it within 3 months.. I think you have 6 mths to use it if it is kept in a deep freezer.
    Report Reply
  • ALY1981ALY1981
    Yikes-thanks! I will start supplementing his bottles with some frozen BM when I'm at work because I dont want to waste it. Ill prob have to give him about 6 oz of frozen BM a day but I'll just freeze some of the milk I pump at work for future use and be sure to give him fresh milk, too. Bummer-I was thinking i had 6 months :(

    Diagnosed PCOS & MFI-Success with IUI
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker

    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"