https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:47:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-pumping-mamas-what-are-your-logistics-for-handling-milk-for-the-next-day#post-517641 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:09:46 +0000 sunny 517641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the tips!</p> <p>Huge 1st day of work fail tho... I FORGOT MY PUMP PIECES!!!! I had them all ready to go and forgot to put them in the pump bag. Luckily (?!) I have my manual with me so I will be using that today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-pumping-mamas-what-are-your-logistics-for-handling-milk-for-the-next-day#post-517183 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:05:44 +0000 MaisyMay 517183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is all good to know! I go back to work in a few weeks, so this is helping me to think ahead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-pumping-mamas-what-are-your-logistics-for-handling-milk-for-the-next-day#post-517094 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:26:47 +0000 78h2o 517094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, you guys are getting a lot of milk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-pumping-mamas-what-are-your-logistics-for-handling-milk-for-the-next-day#post-517086 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:20:36 +0000 mamabolt 517086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pump at 9 am (usually get 8-9 oz) and put those two bottles in the fridge, rinse pump parts and put them in the fridge in tupperware.<br /> Pump at 12 pm, usually get 6ish oz, put both bottles in the fridge, rinse pump parts and put them in fridge in tupperware.<br /> Pump at 3pm, usually get 5ish oz, before this pump consolidate milk from fridge into 3 bottles total. Pump into the one previously used bottle and one more clean bottle, consolidate this milk into one bottle (so I have 4 bottles of milk total, which fit in the Medela carrying case). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-pumping-mamas-what-are-your-logistics-for-handling-milk-for-the-next-day#post-517068 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:16:26 +0000 78h2o 517068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't know if this is true or not but my lactation consultant said to avoid mixing am and pm milk, since pm milk has melatonin in it (and if you have 1 cup of coffee in the am, that can affect your morning milk). But it sounds like maybe this isn't really an issue? Or maybe the end I'd the working day isn't late enough to be an issue? </p> <p>I am not looking forward to going back to work and pumping there, ugh! Glad to know you all figured out a system that works! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-pumping-mamas-what-are-your-logistics-for-handling-milk-for-the-next-day#post-516980 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:36:29 +0000 mediagirl 516980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At work, I pump 3 times. I usually get around 5 ounces at each session. That's what my daughter gets in each bottle at daycare. I pump into my Medela pump bottles and then store those in the cooler that came with my PISA pump. When I get home, I put the bottles in the fridge and the ice pack in the freezer. I put the pump parts and bottles from daycare in the dishwasher and we wash them (and any dirty dishes from dinner) when we're getting our daughter ready for bed. By the time we go back downstairs after she is asleep, the dishwasher is done. I'll take out the bottles, dry them by hand and fill them with the milk from my pump bottles. Then, I wash my pump bottles and hang them to dry on the drying rack. I pick them up the next morning and pack them into my bag. I also take my 3 sets of pump parts out of the dishwasher and hang those to dry. That way, everything is in front of me when I go to work in the morning and just have to toss it all into my bag.</p> <p>I take a tote bag to daycare. I carry a small, soft-sided cooler in there with her milk (and now purees). 3 bottles, 5oz each. I'll also take extra onesies, diapers, outfits or whatever else is needed with me in that bag.</p> <p>Good luck today!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-pumping-mamas-what-are-your-logistics-for-handling-milk-for-the-next-day#post-516951 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:20:09 +0000 matador84 516951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pump twice and once I have 4-5 oz I put in a bag in fridge. Then I pump again and get 2-3 and put in a bag and combine that with milk from my. 4am session. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-pumping-mamas-what-are-your-logistics-for-handling-milk-for-the-next-day#post-516939 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:19:05 +0000 Pink Champagne 516939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pump 2-3 (usually 2, it's hard finding the time to fit in 3!) times a day while working. I pump into two bottles, combine those into one bottle when I'm done. I wipe down my pump parts with. Medela pump wipe, and put it all in my cooler bag. At my next session I pump again into two bottles, combining that milk into one bottle when done. Repeat with wiping down and storing in cooler bag, or if I know I'm not going to pump again before I go home, I don't bother.<br /> I got one of those smaller, soft sided coolers to take back and forth and I leave my pump at work (I actually have two pumps).<br /> ETA: I combine milk all the time. Whatever works to get to bottles of 6 oz, which is what LO is currently eating. Just no warm milk with cool milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-pumping-mamas-what-are-your-logistics-for-handling-milk-for-the-next-day#post-516929 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:29:24 +0000 mamimami 516929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>PS I do combine milk - there is no problem combining milk from different sessions or even different days! If you're like me, your first session will be the most productive and your last the least, so you wouldn't want to just make each session a bottle as the amounts differ greatly </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-pumping-mamas-what-are-your-logistics-for-handling-milk-for-the-next-day#post-516928 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:27:18 +0000 mamimami 516928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey! I just went back to work last Friday so I feel you. This was my second time, though, so here is how I handled it last time and am doing it this time. I pump three times a day while at work. I have a Medela PISA, so four bottles. The first time I pump into two bottles and the second time into two other bottles, an the third time I consolidate what I've already pumped into two bottles and pump into two empty bottles again. This is because I use the cooler pack and it's not good to combine warm milk and cold milk. I do all the bagging once I get home.</p> <p>With my first baby I'd play around with the bottles -- usually making a fresh bottle or two for the next day and thawing one or two from the freezer stash. Right now my new babe is still getting the hang of the bottle so I am not making the bottles; I just leave the nanny milk in the fridge so she can make tiny bottles until we figure out how much she's going to take and how many times a day.</p> <p>Good luck at work! You'll come up with a system that works for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-pumping-mamas-what-are-your-logistics-for-handling-milk-for-the-next-day#post-516917 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:32:39 +0000 sunny 516917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tomorrow is my first day back at work and I realized I'm not sure what the logistics are for handling pumped milk. </p> <p>Do you consolidate all milk into a bag after each pumping session or just leave them in bottles? What do you do for the following day? Do you divide the milk equally or do you give milk from session 1 in morning, then 2, etc? </p>