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Shit, Soapy Milk

Stina2012Stina2012 member
edited January 2014 in July 2013 Moms
Ugh guys! Riley had half day daycare today. She drank her bottles okay in the morning but didn't like her afternoon bottle. I tasted it when we got home and it's soapy. Whhyyyy!!!!

So I'm going to scald my milk I pump at work tomorrow. Hopefully my milk doesn't turn for like 10 hours so I can scald at home.

Anybody have any tricks to scald? I know I get the milk to rolling, not bubbling, 182 degrees (I think) and cool. What's the best way to cool?

Thanks!
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  • PrimRoseMamaPrimRoseMama member
    I am not educated-- what does "soapy" mean?

    Could it be that the bottle had residue in it?


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    PrimRoseMama said:
    I am not educated-- what does "soapy" mean? Could it be that the bottle had residue in it?
    @PrimRoseMama I believe she's dealing with excess lipase in her breastmilk.
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    lizabethann06 said:

    I'm so sorry. I scald milk every evening I follow this process exactly and even use the same supplies :

    https://sdbfc.com/blog/2012/9/4/battling-and-resolving-excess-lipase-in-breastmilk.html

    When it reaches 180, I immediately put it into a container of ice to cool down. It heats in stainless steel bottles, I was too nervous about plastic or glass.

    It's definitely a pain but I'm in the habit now. I only have to scald milk I'm going to freeze, my milk is okay for 24 hours in the fridge so I can bring the sitter whatever I pumped the day before. Sending hugs. The things we do for these babies.

    Thanks so much! Riley fusses about taking bottles, but she can drink from them. I am pissed, I mixed the 3oz I pumped today with 2oz left over from DC and it still tastes soapy.

    I pumped today around noon so I want to see how that milk does. I'm wondering if mine lasts for 24 hours how to let DC know which bottle to give and when.

    Like my 10am pumped milk would need to be used by 10am the next day. I feel like scalding will be necessary if it turns within a day.

    Uggghhh!!!!
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    PrimRoseMama said:

    I am not educated-- what does "soapy" mean?

    Could it be that the bottle had residue in it?

    Yeah, it's excess lipase. Some babies don't mind it but some babies do. Basically the fats are digesting themselves. It's gross tasting, tastes like spit up.
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  • lancomechicalancomechica member
    Oh man! Hope the scalding works!
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  • Stina2012Stina2012 member
    lizabethann06 said:

    I did a taste test with a bottle- literally every hour I would taste it to see when it started getting that soapy taste.

    What's crazy is that Jack would take it no problem, no matter how soapy. And he was a high maintenance baby. Brynne is low maintenance in every other area but the minute it tastes even a tiny bit soapy she's all OH HELLLLLLZ NOOOOOOO YOU ARE POISONING ME !!!!!!!!!

    I'm going to see if I can taste it each hour tomorrow. At work. Oh god, what if someone sees me tasting it?

    Riley absolutely prefers the boobie. So she doesn't like a bottle to begin with!
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    Is tomorrow your first day back?
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  • themargothemargo member
    I've seen other ppl mention something about masking the taste with vanilla extract but I have no idea if that's safe so I'd research/ask a LC before trying. Interesting approach though. I have excess lipase too and it sucks. My sympathies.
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    Stina2012 said:

    lizabethann06 said:

    I'm so sorry. I scald milk every evening I follow this process exactly and even use the same supplies :

    https://sdbfc.com/blog/2012/9/4/battling-and-resolving-excess-lipase-in-breastmilk.html

    When it reaches 180, I immediately put it into a container of ice to cool down. It heats in stainless steel bottles, I was too nervous about plastic or glass.

    It's definitely a pain but I'm in the habit now. I only have to scald milk I'm going to freeze, my milk is okay for 24 hours in the fridge so I can bring the sitter whatever I pumped the day before. Sending hugs. The things we do for these babies.

    Thanks so much! Riley fusses about taking bottles, but she can drink from them. I am pissed, I mixed the 3oz I pumped today with 2oz left over from DC and it still tastes soapy.

    I pumped today around noon so I want to see how that milk does. I'm wondering if mine lasts for 24 hours how to let DC know which bottle to give and when.

    Like my 10am pumped milk would need to be used by 10am the next day. I feel like scalding will be necessary if it turns within a day.

    Uggghhh!!!!
    I label the bottle lids with a sharpie to let the dc know which bottles to feed when. I don't scald, but I have always been told <72 hours in the fridge (NICU brainwashing) so it's hard for me to let go of that. Good luck!
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    lancomechica said:

    Is tomorrow your first day back?

    It is, but she literally just vomited her entire stomach on me. I'll be a nervous wreck about her going tomorrow.
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    Stina2012 said:

    PrimRoseMama said:

    I am not educated-- what does "soapy" mean?

    Could it be that the bottle had residue in it?

    Yeah, it's excess lipase. Some babies don't mind it but some babies do. Basically the fats are digesting themselves. It's gross tasting, tastes like spit up.
    That sucks! I'm sorry!


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  • EagleWifeEagleWife member
    Sorry, Stina. :( that sucks. I suspect my stash is this way too. I noticed a very metallic/soapy taste to the milk that I already have frozen when I thawed it. Thanks for the link, @lizabethann06. I've been meaning to search to find that page again.
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  • Stina2012Stina2012 member
    lizabethann06 said:

    It's so frustrating because it's just one more thing that makes BF become difficult. All we wanna do is feed our kids!

    When I told my Mom earlier she was all "maybe it's time for formula, 5 months is a long time." But not in a supportive way.
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  • lorifili@yahoo.comlorifili@yahoo.com member

    Thankfully my milk lasts for 48 hours in the fridge before it turns metallic tasting.  Anything that I freeze I scald first.  I just pour it into a small pot on the stove, heat it until I see tiny bubbles forming (learned this from a You-tube video), then dump it back into my small medela bottles, throw them in the freezer to cool for 15-30 minutes, then pour them into storage bags to freeze.  It's a pain, but I'm used to it now, and I had to do it with both of my pregnancies.  Amazingly and thankfully it works though:)  Best of luck!

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