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pumpkin201986pumpkin201986 member
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Awhile back I was lurking from the third trimester board and saw something about freezing breast milk in ice cube trays? Can someone please go over this again! Thanks so much from a FTM!

Also do you then store it in Ziploc baggies or breast milk storage bags?

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Re: ice cube trays

  • tosababytosababy
    I have these special trays that have a cover. I freeze the milk in there and then transfer 12-16 one ounce "sticks" to a quart sized freezer bag.  The great thing about these trays is that the sticks fit through the opening of a bottle so you can put them in the bottle frozen to thaw.  It also allows you to adjust how much you put in a bottle too (versus freezing a certain number of ounces in a bag).
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    imagetosababy:
    I have these special trays that have a cover. I freeze the milk in there and then transfer 12-16 one ounce "sticks" to a quart sized freezer bag.  The great thing about these trays is that the sticks fit through the opening of a bottle so you can put them in the bottle frozen to thaw.  It also allows you to adjust how much you put in a bottle too (versus freezing a certain number of ounces in a bag).

    Same here. 

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  • pumpkin201986pumpkin201986 member
    Thanks ladies I appreciate the advice!
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  • Excited Mrs PExcited Mrs P

    Question. May be stupid, but I'm also a FTM

    Do you pump and then pour into the tray? 

    After you transfer the individual sticks into a ziploc freezer bag. Can you use just a few sticks from the bag and leave the rest in the bag?

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  • JenWhite123JenWhite123 member
    imageExcited Mrs P:

    Question. May be stupid, but I'm also a FTM

    Do you pump and then pour into the tray? 

    After you transfer the individual sticks into a ziploc freezer bag. Can you use just a few sticks from the bag and leave the rest in the bag?

    Yes, I pump into the bottles that come with the pump, then pour into the ice cube trays. When I'm ready to make a bottle, I just take out the number of cubes that I want to thaw for the bottle.

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  • JenWhite123JenWhite123 member
    imagepumpkin201986:

    Awhile back I was lurking from the third trimester board and saw something about freezing breast milk in ice cube trays? Can someone please go over this again! Thanks so much from a FTM!

    Also do you then store it in Ziploc baggies or breast milk storage bags?

    I have silicone ice cube trays, bought them at a specialty kitchen store in the mall.  I freeze the cubes in Ziploc freezer bags. When it's time to make a bottle (I use Playtex drop ins) I put the cubes directly into the bottle liner to thaw.  I love doing it this way and I feel like I waste less breast milk this way becaue I can control the amount I want to thaw.

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