I just wanted to share that I have successfully saved 100 ounces of breastmilk in the freezer! It makes me so much more comfortable about going back to work knowing that if I have a bad pumping day, LO will not starve! It was a lot of work and a lot of late nights and long feedings to save it up, but I know its best for my baby and my sanity!
Does anyone else have a freezer stash? Did you use it all at once (after your breast milk had dried up) or did you cycle through it?
pomegranate / 3008 posts
Yea! That is a great feat to have that much milk stored up. I don't remember how much I had in the freezer when I went back to work but my freezer stash and what I was pumping at work finally dwindled to less that what my son drinks during a day about 3 weeks ago (8 months). We finally started supplementing with formula then but I still nurse him in the morning and evening.
GOLD / pomelo / 5167 posts
wow how awesome. you rock because i was never able to save more than 18 oz. Lets just say my boy was hungry.
its definitely a piece of mind.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
congrats!!!!! i wish i had that much! as of now, i have none alas.
i did have quite the stash with charlie and i cycled through it. mostly accessed it when i drank and had to pump and dump.
apricot / 254 posts
Yay! I know every bag I get to put in the freezer makes me excited because I'm so worried that when I go to work I won't be able to keep up with pumping, and I am determined to breastfeed the first year. I think I have about 200oz as of now! I freeze between 10-15oz a day. I figure if for whatever reason I can't keep up with pumping or I don't pump enough to keep up with my LO the freezer stash will last me a little while longer.
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