Hi Mari

I found that the longer my milk sat in the fridge the worse it was. So  
if I was planning on freezing it, I froze it straight away, and then I  
didn't need to scald it.  The lipaze is different for all mums, just  
like everything else, some mums have to scald immediately, others  
don't need to at all, and others are somewhere on the continuum.  So  
long as my milk sat in the fridge for less than 12 hours it was good  
to go, anything longer than that and it started to go yuck and he just  
wouldn't drink it.

The milk you are talking about is 5 days in the fridge, lots of time  
for lipaze to work, shorter fridge times would be a great start, less  
work etc, then if 12 hours max in fridge doesn't work, maybe go to  
scalding.

Jenny

Jenny Doncon
Breastfeeding Counsellor, IBCLC, Australia

(read my expressing story here: http://www.lrc.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41257 
  and my weaning diary here http://www.lrc.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40015)



On 14/03/2011, at 6:22 AM, Mari Schmidt wrote:

> Baby is 3 1/2 months old.  Mom pumping once or twice a week while at  
> work.  Baby is exclusively breast milk fed......Mom when at home or  
> with a bottle when mom at work.  Baby seemed really upset with  
> pumped (previously frozen milk) on one day and then just as upset  
> two days later with fresh milk (which was pumped two days before).   
> Mom tasted her pumped fresh milk (now 5 days in the refrig) and it  
> was terrible/sour.  Thawed some milk from the freezer and it was a  
> little better but still sour.  Should I have this mom boil her milk  
> prior to freezing?   Any other suggestions?
>
> Thank you
>  Mari Schmidt RN IBCLC
>
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