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STM+: Storing Breastmilk in the Freezer Question

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I breastfed DD for a year before weaning and storing my milk in the freezer was one of my biggest headaches. Does anyone have any tips/genius ideas for how they stored their milk? It was always a pain trying to pull the oldest milk from the back of freezer. I felt like everything always got mixed up.

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Re: STM+: Storing Breastmilk in the Freezer Question

  • TwirpleTwirple member
    I always froze it flat in the bags and once it was frozen, tipped it on it's side.  The newest milk went in on the left and I would pull the older milk out on the right to use.  
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    I used the Lasinoh bags. They were the easiest to get all the air out of and also froze the most flat IME. I used diaper boxes to store mine. I would take cardboard from any old box to make a divider in the middle of the diaper boxes to help keep the bags upright and seperate. It was easy to move the milk around and I could easily see the dates of the milk.

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  • GrinAndBarrettGrinAndBarrett member
    I love the bag idea!!! I think I'll make a few of those. Thanks!
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  • TwirpleTwirple member
    I also used the Lansinoh bags.  They really do store flat!
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  • CurlieWhirlieCurlieWhirlie member
    I suppose it depends on your production, but I never ever used my frozen milk. I felt like it was such a waste because I ended up having to throw out a lot of frozen milk in the end. I always used whatever I pumped at work during the day for the following day's daycare supply, and then I think I gave the daycare a frozen backup once a week just in case. That was the extent of what I used. Maybe I just wasn't organized enough....?
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  • emh81emh81 member
    I did the gift bag trick, loved it!!
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  • homedivahomediva member
    I'm going to try the gift bag trick next time - genius! I always stored flat and wrote the date on the bag. I pumped 80oz so me and DH could go to NYC one weekend! It took forever lol.
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  • snowcloudssnowclouds member
    I froze flat then packed 10-12 into a big ziplock bag and labelled it with the date.  When taking milk out, I always made sure to use the oldest milk first.  It worked well for me and I had over a 1000 oz of frozen milk in my deep freezer at one point.
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  • GoldenGibsonGoldenGibson member
    Lansinoh bags here too! I used the 12 pack soda can box thing that was mentioned above. I bought soda just for those boxes! I cut the tops off and put the oldest milk in the front. It was SO easy and organized! I tried the gift bag thing but I always ripped the bags at some point in time so the soda box worked best for me.

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