quick Q about freezing BM

pb_bride · February 2013

I had expressed a bottle of BM few days ago, expecting to use it tonight when I go out to a concert. W/the snowstorm hitting us, the concert is cancelled, so we don't need the BM anymore. I'd like to freeze it for future use.

Right now, the refrigerated BM has separated. I swirled it a bit and the fatty stuff on top is breaking up into pieces. Should I let it warm up a little so the fat can redistribute into the liquid part? I can't freeze it the way it is right now because of the chunks of fat...

TJ1979 · February 2013

Just keep swirling it till it's all together. It'll warm up some, that's fine.

mdiblasi10 · February 2013

TJ1979:
Just keep swirling it till it's all together. It'll warm up some, that's fine.

Ditto. I would just swirl more and let the air temp warm it up on it's own.

Pnut30 · February 2013

hmm... I think I have put mine in the freezer separated before! Eek, I hope that was ok! I have been using the 2.5 oz storage tubes to freeze and DH has been the only one to thaw them. I know he had to get them completely unthawed by putting them under running warm water. He knows to swirl them so I hope he would have told me if they didn't mix back together.

pb_bride · February 2013

Thanks for the quick replies, ladies! All done and the BM is now in the freezer.

TJ1979 · February 2013

Pnut30:
hmm... I think I have put mine in the freezer separated before! Eek, I hope that was ok! I have been using the 2.5 oz storage tubes to freeze and DH has been the only one to thaw them. I know he had to get them completely unthawed by putting them under running warm water. He knows to swirl them so I hope he would have told me if they didn't mix back together.

It's fine to do it while it's separated. What I was assuming was that a lot of the fat was still stuck to the sides/top of the bottle. And you don't want to lose those precious calories for LO when you pour them into a bag.

Pnut30 · February 2013

TJ1979:
Pnut30:
hmm... I think I have put mine in the freezer separated before! Eek, I hope that was ok! I have been using the 2.5 oz storage tubes to freeze and DH has been the only one to thaw them. I know he had to get them completely unthawed by putting them under running warm water. He knows to swirl them so I hope he would have told me if they didn't mix back together.

It's fine to do it while it's separated. What I was assuming was that a lot of the fat was still stuck to the sides/top of the bottle. And you don't want to lose those precious calories for LO when you pour them into a bag.

Oh gotcha! I will keep that in mind when I switch to bags.

pb_bride · February 2013

TJ1979:
Pnut30:
hmm... I think I have put mine in the freezer separated before! Eek, I hope that was ok! I have been using the 2.5 oz storage tubes to freeze and DH has been the only one to thaw them. I know he had to get them completely unthawed by putting them under running warm water. He knows to swirl them so I hope he would have told me if they didn't mix back together.

It's fine to do it while it's separated. What I was assuming was that a lot of the fat was still stuck to the sides/top of the bottle. And you don't want to lose those precious calories for LO when you pour them into a bag.

Pnut, like TJ said, you should be okay.

I was asking b/c I had a 5oz bottle and I wanted to freeze it in 2 separate bags (2oz and 3oz), so I felt like the fat needed to be remixed back into the milk before I can pour it out into 2 bags.

I am Marla Singer · February 2013

I usually just put it into a bag and gently squish it back and forth with my hand to sort of redistribute the fat.

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