Excess Lipase

MississippiCatfish · May 2016

Does anyone here deal with excess lipase in their breastmilk? In the past, I have scalded my BM on the stovetop before freezing, but I need an easier system that doesn't require me to stand over the stove with the thermometer to make sure I take it off the second it reaches 190*. I've read about using a bottle warmer, but I have no idea what one to get that will warm it to that temperature - will they all? Is there any kind of system that would just beep when it reaches that temp? Hoping someone here might have the same problem and already have a great system! With three kiddos, I've had too many mishaps already - turned for a couple minutes to wipe up my toddler today, looked back, and 10 oz of my BM that I had just pumped was boiling over on the stove:/

Cross-posting to BF Board, as well.

ETA: Just wanted to say that he will not accept milk past 24 hours unless it has been scalded. I've tasted it, and it's like putting a bar of soap in your mouth, so I can't blame him! It was the same way with my other boys:( Makes pumping much more complicated!

VitaLuna · May 2016

I doubt any bottle warmer would get that hot, since it would be an enormous liability/safety issue. I wish I had some tips for you, but I don't have any experience. I remember people talking about it on the BF board with DD1 and I'm sure it's a huge PITA.

MississippiCatfish · May 2016

VitaLuna said:

I doubt any bottle warmer would get that hot, since it would be an enormous liability/safety issue. I wish I had some tips for you, but I don't have any experience. I remember people talking about it on the BF board with DD1 and I'm sure it's a huge PITA.

That's what I thought! But I saw it mentioned in an article either on Kellymom or linked from there, so I thought, "Maybe it's legit?" I'm just doing a little more pumping this time around and I need to streamline.

mwmiller4 · May 2016

My SIL actually does use a bottle warmer and follows this protocol exactly:

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

the article has links to buy the stuff off amazon on the bottom (the reviews for the bottle warmer are either from people happy with it for scalding milk or pissed off about it being a terrible bottle warmer because it gets insanely hot). She loves the aluminum bottles and uses a slightly nicer thermometer.

Hope this helps!

VitaLuna · May 2016

I hope that bottle warmer works for you! Good thing not every company has full safety features

MississippiCatfish · May 2016

Thanks @mwmiller4! That's the exact article I had read! After looking this morning, it seems like the cheaper warmers with no auto-shut off will get hot enough. I see people have luck with this one too. I'm going to give one of them a shot!

https://m.target.com/p/philips-avent-fast-bottle-warmer-scf355-00/-/A-16847326?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Baby+Shopping&adgroup=SC_Baby&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=m&location=9019303&gclid=CJPf8s-vy8wCFYKBaQode3kIgA&gclsrc=aw.ds

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