Has anyone ever dealt with or heard of a reason some breastmilk won't
freeze?  Here is the situation.  Today, the mother of a 3 month old baby
in the PICU at the hospital where I work posed this same question to me.
Her son has a cardiac defect and has been through a first stage repair
with multiple post-op complications.  She has had milk that would not
freeze on more than 2 different occasions.  It has not been all the milk
from a day, but just some bottles.  It is not a freezer malfunction
because other bottles have frozen.  She usually pumps about 5 oz each
pumping.  I noticed today that she was not timing each bottle, but just
dating them because her son has been using "over 500cc every day".  I
suggested that even so it might help us figure out what is happening if
we know time of pumping.  She said that the only reason she could think
of for a liquid not freezing was high alcohol content and she had not
had any alcohol, nor does she ever drink.  I thought I remembered
something similar on Lactnet before, but my search didn't reveal
anything.  If anyone knows a reason why or has an idea why please
enlighten me.
                                   TIA.....Becky B RNC IBCLC
Second attempt here....I posted this on Thursday evening, but never got
any response, not even the one that says your message has been received
which I think 'one of the Kathleens' sends. At first I thought it was
something with my computer...I am only partially computer literate and
my 20 year old daughter is here visiting so of course she has changed
some things on/with the computer so she can get to her email and
favorite sites easier. This morning I got an answer to my search to the
archives...no match found, but that could just be how I worded it.  Now
I at least know those got through. I am worried because none of my index
requests have been posted this AM and those are usually back before I
review all the ones received overnight.  Again TIA for any help with
this mom's perplexing problem.                             Becky B RNC
IBCLC

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