https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:44:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transporting-frozen-milk-on-an-airplane#post-380649 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:15:15 +0000 T-Mom 380649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: agree with @Mrs. Bee - the milk should be ok, especially if in deep freeze like conditions.. My milk would not have (excess lipase) but I forget that most ppl don't have this problem. Saves you the trouble!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transporting-frozen-milk-on-an-airplane#post-380619 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:07:35 +0000 lemondrop 380619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: I have used frozen milk 6 months past the pump date and my boy has taken it just fine. I would take a few with you for your trip, but leave most of it at home and use it when you get back! </p> <p>Mrs. Bee recommended the Pack It Freeze &amp; Go cooler bags, I used it for a 12 hour trip- it worked well, and only just the edges of the bags got melty, (considering I live on the edge) I just re-froze everything at my destination, and my son drank it and lived ;) The only thing I recommend is to line your freezer bag with another bag, I got a tiny leak from a milk bag I had dropped and it made a small mess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transporting-frozen-milk-on-an-airplane#post-380563 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:26:49 +0000 Mrs. Bee 380563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: yup i would totally leave it. it's not like milk magically expires at the 3 month mark. i've used milk that was 5 months old. thinking about traveling with that much milk is a nightmare! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transporting-frozen-milk-on-an-airplane#post-380552 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:18:21 +0000 Ree723 380552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Really? I always thought it was only good for 3 months in a standard freezer. Most of the milk in our freezer is from the end of August and September, so I thought not getting back until the very end of January would be too late to use it. Hmm, if it's still good, maybe I will leave most of it home. I just hate the thought of wasting it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transporting-frozen-milk-on-an-airplane#post-380518 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:46:56 +0000 Mrs. Bee 380518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>why is it past its expired date? i would just leave it at home and use it anyway! since your freezer won't be opened in the time you'll be gone, it'll be more like a deep freezer and your milk will last longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transporting-frozen-milk-on-an-airplane#post-380515 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:43:34 +0000 Ree723 380515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: We might take our chances and do just what you suggested - pack it as tightly as possible and put it in the checked luggage! We have a three hour layover in Sydney, in the midst of summer, and a two hour layover in Singapore, which is always quite steamy, but maybe, just maybe they'll be ok.... I also just talked to British Airways who said no to using any dry ice in checked or carried baggage, so I guess that option is out. </p> <p>I think we're going to go for it - we'll have to dump it when we get home regardless, so may as well try to get it to the UK and see what happens! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transporting-frozen-milk-on-an-airplane#post-380378 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:24:33 +0000 T-Mom 380378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow 33 hr is a long time... I have taken frozen milk on a plane but my total transit time was only 8 hr. I used a smaller cooler filled with gel packs. It did the job but it was actually not completely frozen by the time I arrived at my destination. You may be ok packing it all in newspaper as one big lump in your checked baggage. The air at flying altitude would be very cold so I think it would be ok. However not sure about the time on the ground with layovers.. Is it winter everywhere you will have a layover?. Can you pack it in dry ice and check as luggage? Or does it have to be hand carried? I also heard people complain about feeling short of breath when carrying dry ice in their near vicinity, otherwise I would have done that myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transporting-frozen-milk-on-an-airplane#post-380366 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:19:08 +0000 Mrs. Pen 380366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I traveled but it was only about 7 hours... it thawed a little, but still to the point where it was freezy consistency and you can still freeze it again...</p> <p>For us, we just had to tell the TSA agent that we needed to bring the milk through for my baby and they said it was no problem at all. I had it in a cooler packed with tons of ice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transporting-frozen-milk-on-an-airplane#post-380364 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:16:25 +0000 Ree723 380364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Thanks! I hadn't realised you could change where it was posted - I learn something new every day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transporting-frozen-milk-on-an-airplane#post-380348 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:08:21 +0000 mrbee 380348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: I moved it to travel!</p> <p>You can move threads into another topic for a few hours after creating it btw... there's a pulldown on the page that should let you do so! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transporting-frozen-milk-on-an-airplane#post-380325 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:55:45 +0000 Ree723 380325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're going away for 7.5 weeks over Christmas and we have a pretty good supply of BM in the freezer that will be either past or close to its expiry date by the time we return from our holiday. I want to bring most of it with us, mainly so it doesn't go to waste, but also because it would be nice to have a supply of pumped milk available for the occasional feed whilst we're gone.</p> <p>We're flying from Australia to England first, which is going to be a 33 hr journey when layovers and airport transit times are taken into account. I just don't know if I can keep milk frozen that long. I'm considering dry ice, but need special permission from the airline, aside from the fact that you can only bring 5.5 lbs of dry ice on a plane and that apparently only lasts for 24 hrs. </p> <p>Anyone have any suggestions? Has anyone ever kept BM frozen for that long of a time? If you've taken frozen milk on a plane, how did you do it - checked baggage or carry on; dry ice, gel packs, or regular ice; what kind of a container did you use? </p> <p>Any and all advice is welcome! Thanks!</p> <p>ETA: Bugger, this probably should have gone in travel rather than breastfeeding. Sorry! </p>