https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:42:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-507514 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:10:43 +0000 Andrea 507514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Minnie_Girl: DH does want to send me on a girls' trip when I am ready. Where did you go? :)</p> <p>@eeh: "gaze lovingly at my stash" -- totally! </p> <p>@sarac: sad!!</p> <p>@prettylizy: i am still on the look out for MSPI so i am not going to store too much just yet. your friend must've been so grateful!</p> <p>@BabyBoecksMom: yuck, i hate being thirsty so i haven't been taking it. seems like my supply is OK so far so i won't use it yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-506977 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:00:30 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 506977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: yeah, I would just look at the clock and psych myself up and say "ok, I can make it 30 min w/o water". LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-506954 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:36:52 +0000 HabesBabe 506954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to be able to gaze lovingly at my 1,000+ oz stash, but we got a chest freezer for Christmas, so I haven't been able to see it since then :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-506950 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:34:07 +0000 prettylizy 506950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was so proud of the stash I built. Over 100ozs of just in case milk (since I had the full year off and she nursed almost exclusively). Once we figured out she was MSPI and couldn't drink that milk I'd saved, I gave it to a friend of mine for her little guy. So sad to see it all go, but at least it was used and not dumped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-506948 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:32:04 +0000 sarac 506948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, she just never really used it. She wouldn't take a bottle, and didn't really want it from a cup. The first time we had to be separated for more than a few hours, she was 11 months, and didn't *need* the milk. She was happy to nurse when she saw me, but just fine without it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-506862 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:51:06 +0000 eeh 506862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes I go downstairs to our freezer just to gaze lovingly at my stash and count the ounces and reorganize it. I have almost 500 ounces down there which is absolutely insane, especially since I'm a SAHM. I'm considering the idea of not nursing anymore but feeding her what I have in the stash. I will only do that if I have enough to make it to a year or if we have issues when she gets teethnor something. I just love breastfeeding so much though so I'm not sure I could actually do that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-506777 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:19:41 +0000 Minnie_Girl 506777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! It was very exciting until I realized I had stored over 200oz in a month and only worked out of the home 12hrs/week. Doi. </p> <p>But hey, store enough and you can take a long vacation like me, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-506265 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:53:12 +0000 autumnlove 506265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: Oh my gosh! :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-506066 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:07:11 +0000 Andrea 506066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: I know. I am the same way, totally obsessive!</p> <p>@BabyBoecksMom: I have a bottle but can never remember to take it. Did you not drink anything for 15 min before or after taking it like the instructions say? I am always so thirsty!</p> <p>@sarac: oh no, was it because of a food intolerance? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-506016 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:56:00 +0000 sarac 506016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I was so proud of that stash. Then she never drank a single drop. No one drop. Such a waste! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-506015 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:55:53 +0000 Bao 506015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I loved it! I have about 80oz but haven't pumped in over 6 weeks...I really should rotate through it though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-506000 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:53:46 +0000 autumnlove 506000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes!!! I got obsessed with pumping and freezing milk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-505959 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:45:20 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 505959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was! But I didn't really ever have enough for a stash until around 7 months, when I started taking More Milk Plus and got an oversupply. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wasnt-it-exciting-when-you-started-to-build-a-stash#post-505951 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:43:56 +0000 Andrea 505951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD2 is 2 weeks old and I have started freezing 4 oz a day. I don't need a big stash since I will be working at home and she'll be with a nanny for a while, but I can't wait to go out with friends etc again! </p>