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newlywedfarmgirl · October 2012

So I really didn't think I had a ton of milk stashed away in the freezer, but apparently my husband does. I have 115 ounces frozen and my son is 5 months old. I told my husband that I would use it if I got sick or something. But he still kinda give me a bad time about it. It's not like I'm hoarding it or something. haha So wondering.....how much do you have in the freezer?

MrsC968 · October 2012

I have over 300oz.

selockar · October 2012

I stopped keeping track, but I'm well over 500 now. I pump every morning. I stay home, so I haven't had a reason to use most of it. Come to think of it... I may have a bm hoarding problem. I had major bf issues with ds1. It's kinda nice to have a good stash this time around.

JAP09-02 · October 2012

Almost 1000 oz. We had to buy a deep freeze. I do feel like a crazy hoarder. I keep thinking that when I hit certain milestones I'll back off, but I never do. I think it all stems from when I EP'd with my first and my supply dropped. It was a ton of work to get it back. That's why I was dead set on keeping DD2 at the breast.

bellelamb · October 2012

Wow you girls have a lot, I'm a sahm I think I may have 20oz at most, I don't see the need for more. If you do get sick bfing will help keep lo from getting sick so that isn't a reason to stock pile. If I was going back to work I would have more in the freezer, but I'm not.

tjkdlhb · October 2012

bellelamb:
Wow you girls have a lot, I'm a sahm I think I may have 20oz at most, I don't see the need for more. If you do get sick bfing will help keep lo from getting sick so that isn't a reason to stock pile. If I was going back to work I would have more in the freezer, but I'm not.

I've got about 20 oz. I'm not going back to work until the end of April though.

littleredfish · October 2012

I had about 120oz but then found out after the fact that I had a lipase issue which means I have to scald my milk before storage. Since my LO doesn't handle the taste well I had to sacrific it to the sink. I was the definition of crying over spilt milk that day.

So now I'm back at 0oz.

mkflower3000 · October 2012

Almost nothing... Right now I'm a SAHM and I have enough for a few emergency feedings. DH and I never really get to go out, so it's not like I need a lot for that yet + I can always pump right before for a feeding or two. I'll hopefully eventually go back to work at some point, and I'm hoping to pump more then. I know I should be pumping and prepping for that, but as soon as I get a job we'll also end up moving, so it might be tough to transfer a giant stash...

On top of it, living with my parents also means a constantly overflowing fridge/freezer, and I don't feel comfortable adding a lot more to it.

PotomacSt · October 2012

150-200 oz maybe. I pumped and saved every day on Mat. leave.

I think I was just totally paranoid that at some point I wouldn't be able to keep up, and having a stash felt good.

Now I have no idea what I'll do with it. I've used MAYBE 15 oz. I thought I would quit BFing before one year and just give her the frozen, but now I love BFing so much that I want to go past a year. By that point it'll start expiring. I could rotate it in during the 3 days a week that I work but that sounds like too much effort lol.

ETA: We own a deep freezer. My husband bought 1/8 of a cow last month. We had to get rid of everything else in the freezer... so now it's filled to the brim with beef and breastmilk.

lyndsey774 · October 2012

I have one bag, so 4 oz LOL

I don't see the need for us. I only work 3 times a week and I take him to work with me. We haven't spent more than 2 hours apart since he was born.

bloverde · October 2012

I have about 150oz, but I work 80 hours per week. I BF on nights and weekends and pump at work. I put all the pumped milk in the freezer and rotate. My oldest milk is less than 2 weeks old in the freezer. I'm not worried at this point about my supply or stash.

elviebird · October 2012

I EP and I am a milk horder. I admit it. About 2400oz frozen currently, even though I rotate my stash.

newlywedfarmgirl · October 2012

elviebird:
I EP and I am a milk horder. I admit it. About 2400oz frozen currently, even though I rotate my stash.

Wow! That's a lot. I think I'm just paranoid bc at the beginning I had some supply issues, but none right now. It also keeps me calm knowning I always have some on hand for him. I work 40+hrs a week so it's nice to have incase I have a day where I come short.

papeete · October 2012

None.

kgauntt · October 2012

I have a deep freezer full but really don't know how many oz. total.... Now I want to go count...

pinkmoonlight · October 2012

I don't even know how much I have. I actually stopped keeping track. I was pumping regularly for a while and then I stopped because I had a bunch. But in Jan. I am going to be starting full time Nursing classes so I am going to start trying to up my supply again and increase my frozen stash because I worry that I might not be able to pump that often while in school and I really want DS on BM until at least a year.

That being said I have about 1/3-1/2 of a 4.2 CU foot chest freezer full of BM. Well over 400 oz.

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