Show me your (freezer) stash!!

dmosquera4 · July 2014

It's been a lot of hard work to get to this point and I am very proud of my stash! Let me see yours ladies!!!! (Edit for people getting confused with cd diapers)

MamaFantastic · July 2014

Aww, it's not about diapers??

... shuffles slowly out ...

(j/k! I have like.... 7 or 8 bags in the freezer. Not very pic-worthy.)

TallaB · July 2014

I've donated a little over 400oz to a friend, and have about 150 more oz in the freezer now. Its not very pretty though. I freeze flat and then throw it in a bin. I'm too lazy to take a picture!

PoppySeedWindsor · July 2014

I'm with you @MamaFantastic though I don't think my CDs are anything near yours.

As for BM, I'm at like...100 ounces. All from emptying out over the last four weeks to avoid mastitis round nine million and thirty eight.

smushi · July 2014

@dmosquera4 Tell me about your storage. I need to start my stash, but I have no clue about how to store it.

MamaFantastic · July 2014

Tasha575 said:
Why do you have to brag???

J/k I'm just a little jealous

I've had to toss some of mine due to lipase

I fortunately only lost 8oz the same way. Still.... sad

dmosquera4 · July 2014

@smushi I use the kiinde system and they have the little racks for the bags otherwise I use the lanisoh bags and bought and ice bucket that you put in the freezer lay the bags flat and once they are frozen I arrange vertically by date

Manda+panda · July 2014

This was 2 weeks ago, at 263 oz. There's well over 300 in there now. Half is going to the milk bank, half to my preemie niece. My husband got angry with it and shoved it all in a bag to reorganize the freezer last week.

I apologize about the total disarray of my kitchen. I promise it doesn't usually look like that.

Edit: wrong words, thanks phone.

michaelad3 · July 2014

Mine's not all that exciting. I didn't pump consistently, but I use the gift bag storage trick, and I started stacking newer ones on the shelf above because I can't fit anymore in the bag and didn't feel like starting a new one

RedDawnsRevenge · July 2014

I just donated on the 9th so this is all that's in the freezer at the moment.

Keckers · July 2014

I'm so jealous of the awesome organization of your stash @dmosquera4‌! I just shove mine wherever it will fit.

MrsZ0811 · July 2014

currently pumping and cant get a pic, but my stash is just in a couple of baskets... not too impressive looking even though the amount is pretty impressive.

mooncusp22 · July 2014

Wow... so jealous of you guys! I had issues with supply and after having to go on meds for something else I dried up. boo whoo

olenkapdx · July 2014

What is this "freezer stash" of which you speak?

ladygali · July 2014

Very impressive. I have a whopping 5 oz in the freezer and I think I have a lipase issue

AmberLiz99 · July 2014

Wow. I pump constantly and only get 1/3 of what dd eats a day

good for you ladies! That's awsome

babylove4414 · July 2014

Well you all have just given me motivation to start working on my stash!

danagmauro · July 2014

I.hate.pumping. The end. Probably have about 50 oz and hated every second lol

moonsparkles · July 2014

Urgh! So jealous. Well done all you ladies. I have put a bag in the freezer twice, and had to promptly remove it the next day and use it. Things are looking up though and I think I'll have a stash soon.

dmosquera4 · July 2014

i plan on donating about half but so far we have been doing stuff every other weekend that ive been using more and more plus we will be starting oatmeal soon so i will have to start using that too i know i hate pumping too @danagmauro it wasnt easy building this while i got sick the first couple of weeks and couldnt nurse DS and then had mastitis and my supply dropped tremendously, but after DS went through growth spurt it went back up i was lucky

rtv3 · July 2014

Hmm... I wonder how much I have stashed. I haven't been keeping track, just dating and freezing as I pump. I only pump once a day first thing in the morning and get 3-5 oz. I really need to get my stash better organized!
Also, how would I know if I have a lipase problem? I'm too lazy to google right now :-P

KatieGummow · July 2014

My July supply:
I switched from Twist 6oz to Nuk 8oz bags, so I can freeze them flat. It's definitely been hard.

TallaB · July 2014

rtv3 said:

Hmm... I wonder how much I have stashed. I haven't been keeping track, just dating and freezing as I pump. I only pump once a day first thing in the morning and get 3-5 oz. I really need to get my stash better organized! Also, how would I know if I have a lipase problem? I'm too lazy to google right now :-P

I think you can taste the milk You have to wait a bit, so it isn't freshly pumped. So from the fridge or freezer. If it has lipase it will be sour. @mamafantastic taught me everything I know!

ksulli · July 2014

Aww man, I'm not at home so I can't PIP, but we have a freezer in the basement just for the milk. Right now it has nearly 500oz.

Now I'm going to let my OCD flag fly: I also have a spreadsheet that calculates how many days into the future i have covered. When I have enough in there to hit 13 mos I will daytime wean and just nurse mornings & evenings.

speechie517 · July 2014

I think I have about 80oz frozen since B gets one or two bottles per day when I'm not around. I'll be gone next weekend so most of it will get used. How do y'all have the time to pump so much? I think I'm going to have to get up in the middle of the night to pump and replenish my stash for when the school year starts in two weeks.

TallaB · July 2014

ksulli said:
Aww man, I'm not at home so I can't PIP, but we have a freezer in the basement just for the milk. Right now it has nearly 500oz.

Now I'm going to let my OCD flag fly: I also have a spreadsheet that calculates how many days into the future i have covered. When I have enough in there to hit 13 mos I will daytime wean and just nurse mornings & evenings.

Isnt it only good for up to 12 months in threw freezer though?

MrsZ0811 · July 2014

ksulli said:

Aww man, I'm not at home so I can't PIP, but we have a freezer in the basement just for the milk. Right now it has nearly 500oz. Now I'm going to let my OCD flag fly: I also have a spreadsheet that calculates how many days into the future i have covered. When I have enough in there to hit 13 mos I will daytime wean and just nurse mornings & evenings.

I do too! I love dd and am so happy shes getting BM but I HATE nursing and pumping. Assuming she eats about 30oz a day, I could feed her for 12.5 days right now, 400oz, and its all in an excel spreadsheet, what I've frozen, what I've used, how much I've pumped and how many oz shes taken.

Very OCD with all the formulas set up.

speechie517 said:

I think I have about 80oz frozen since B gets one or two bottles per day when I'm not around. I'll be gone next weekend so most of it will get used. How do y'all have the time to pump so much? I think I'm going to have to get up in the middle of the night to pump and replenish my stash for when the school year starts in two weeks.

I have a serious over supply. I pump 8-9 oz in the am after her first feeding (now bottles, switching from nursing to EPing) and 8-9 oz after she goes to bed. I try to fit in 2 more pump during the day some time which amounts to about 5- 8 oz each.

dmosquera4 · July 2014

I pump after the first feeding sometimes depending on how much he ate and at night, DS goes to sleep at 830-9 so I pump again at 1030-11 or before I go to bed @speechie517‌

RedDawnsRevenge · July 2014

@speechie517‌ I only pump once a day which yields 8-15 oz depending on if I've nursed both kids or just the baby.

ksulli · July 2014

@TallaB said:

Isnt it only good for up to 12 months in threw freezer though?

Yeah, but I keep it rotating. Two bottles of fresh, two bottles of frozen every day.

My oldest milk right now is from May 16 (she was born in March). Plus, my OCD spreadsheet also shows me the expiration date for each bag, and at my summary where I have the # of days covered I also have the earliest expiration date. If it ever gets close, we'll do one fresh/3 frozen.

I'm on top of it. Seems like this is the one thing I can control about parenting, so I've taken it to extremes.

Twirple · July 2014

I only have about 50 oz in my stash, though I've donated 200 oz. I also stopped pumping for a while because I knew I was going to be going to my cabin for a week, where I wouldn't be able to pump and keep it, so I cut back so I wouldn't be in pain from over supply. The 50 oz I have in the freezer are from the past 10 days, since I started pumping again.

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