Freezing expressed milk

Lu28 · May 27th, 2009, 03:29 AM

What do you freeze your expressed milk in? I've been following a plan to increase my milk supply and it seems to have worked really well

I now have a stock of milk in the fridge which I don't want to waste but I'm not sure if I need to buy special freezer bags or something?

Brockie · May 27th, 2009, 04:26 AM

i use breast milk storage bags you can get them from mothercare x

asacia · May 27th, 2009, 05:47 AM

I use the advent breastmilk storage system:
http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stor...roductId=12592
Easy to use, quick and safe. I don't like bags, too much risk of leaking. Cups are easier to store upright in the freezer.

Well done on boosting your supply, fancy sharing your plan with us?

Mervs Mum · May 27th, 2009, 13:26 PM

I got freezable bottles that fit on my pump. I just preferred them to the bags. I think its personal choice. :-)

Lottie86 · May 27th, 2009, 13:35 PM

I now decant my milk from the little bottles I pump into into Lansinoh bags (£4.99 for 25 bags from Mothercare) which are individually sealed and sterile so are brilliant for if you are out and about and I then freeze it in the bags.

I used to freeze it in the sterile bottles I got in SCBU but the bags take up much less room in the freezer than the bottles (which caused me to have a huge panic a few days ago that my milk was drying up as the freezer started looking a lot emptier!)

thelilbump · May 27th, 2009, 13:37 PM

i got laniosh freezer bags from Boots. They do their own version aswell. Just fill a bag, write the date on it then i stored them in a tub in the freezer.

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Lottie86 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire (originally from South of England) Posts: 2,557	I now decant my milk from the little bottles I pump into into Lansinoh bags (£4.99 for 25 bags from Mothercare) which are individually sealed and sterile so are brilliant for if you are out and about and I then freeze it in the bags. I used to freeze it in the sterile bottles I got in SCBU but the bags take up much less room in the freezer than the bottles (which caused me to have a huge panic a few days ago that my milk was drying up as the freezer started looking a lot emptier!)

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thelilbump Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: lancashire Posts: 9,670	i got laniosh freezer bags from Boots. They do their own version aswell. Just fill a bag, write the date on it then i stored them in a tub in the freezer.

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