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WAY too much milk in freezer?

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So I've been pumping since LO was born.    I pump at work and in the early morning and pump about 17 oz/day.    She takes about 10 0z a day at daycare, so I have been gradually adding and adding to my freezer collection.  I use oldest milk to send to daycare and save newer so nothing gets expired.    I currently have, no exaggerating, a chest freezer almost full of breastmilk.    I plan on weaning around a year and continuing to nurse/send BM to daycare to about a year.   So I'm only nursing 4 more months.  I don't think I can ever use all of this milk and I'm not really interested in selling it (as some have suggested).  WWYD? 
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Re: WAY too much milk in freezer?

  • desdemona39desdemona39
    Donate it! There are many mamas who would love to take that milk off your hands. If you don't want to go through a milk bank and go through that whole screening process, you can go through human milk for human babies on facebook and connect with a local mom.
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  • vigurlvigurl member

    imagedesdemona39:
    Donate it! There are many mamas who would love to take that milk off your hands. If you don't want to go through a milk bank and go through that whole screening process, you can go through human milk for human babies on facebook and connect with a local mom.

    ditto!  I have 2 freezers full.  when I can't accommodate any more then I donate to human milk for babies 

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  • mrschristinambmrschristinamb

    You can also use it as a snack for teething! D loves it when I put frozen formula... well really frozen anything in those mesh feeders. I should warn you though its super messy!  

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  • rboisvertrboisvert member
    Please please please donate it.  I highly recomed doing a peer to peer donation through eats on feets or human milk for human babies.  Both are found on facebook and the organizations are mearly a way for moms to meet moms for peer to peer donation.  We are on the recieving end of an ongoing milk donation it's the only way I can provide my daughter with enough bm while I'm at work since I can't pump enough when I'm at work.  Our donor has been such a blessing  to us.  Both groups have detailed information on peer donation.
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  • rjveldmanrjveldman
    I would recommend calling up your local hospital NICU rather than selling it or trying to find someone on Facebook. There are so many creeps out there - most of the people I ran into when I was looking to sell were old creepy men.
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  • skioskio member
    Ditto pp, donate it. I donated over 400oz a couple months ago. It was lovely having my freezer back.
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  • je2161je2161 member

    I have amassed over a hundred ounces of breastmilk in the freezer. I use breastmilk to thin out her purees and that takes care of some of the excess milk. The rest will be used on rotation as I will keep pumping to keep things going.

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  • VespahVespah member
    I went thought the screening process to donate milk to the local children's hospital for the NICU babies. The screening really wasn't a big deal. Just 5 minutes worth of questions, and a blood test.
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  • Birdies08Birdies08 member
    I've donated through Human Milk 4 Human Babies. It turns out the lady is practically my neighbor! I wish I had more milk to give her and I would if I were just better about pumping. Sigh. Anyway, it was a great experience.
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