Debbie writes:
 
<<I told her that  once 
she heats breastmilk, it should be used  within the next hour, and  it should 
not be reheated. >>
 
and then says that Kellymom.com has  statements quoting Ruth Lawrence and me 
that say that breastmilk can be reheated  and reused -- but that -- " I 
respect both of these women very much, but there  
appears to  be NO research based evidence to back up their  statements"
 
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Debbie, there was a small research  study done a number of years ago which 
looked at reheated, reused breastmilk and  found there was, out of I believe it 
was 8 samples, no increase in bacterial  content of the milk in 7 of the 
samples and an increase in 1 of the 8.  
 
A couple of questions for  you:
 
1.  Do we have evidence of  infants becoming ill from consuming breastmilk 
that has been  reheated?
 
2.  Do you have  research/evidence that your method of using breastmilk 
within an hour or  throwing it out is correct?  I believe what you are doing is 
based on how  we treat formula.....all formula not used within an hour of 
reconstitution must  be discarded.  
 
 
But breastmilk isn't  formula.
 
Formula is dead, and bacteria begin  to multiply in it as soon as the bottle 
is opened.  

 
I would love to see some definitive  research regarding any method of saving 
breastmilk -- reheating breastmilk --  reusing breastmilk.....
 
I shudder to think of the thousands  of precious ounces of mother's milk that 
have been tossed down the sink because  moms were advised to throw it out if 
the baby didn't finish it.
 
For what it is worth, I do tell  mothers they can refrigerate the unused milk 
and reheat it for the next feeding  only, approximately 4 hours later.  I do 
tell moms that the research on it  is sketchy, but that I've never, in 20 
years of advocating this, had a mom  report back to me that the baby became ill 
from following this  method.
 
But I don't know that they can't  reheat it and use it 6 hours later.  Or 9 
or 13 1/2 or  26.
 
Anyone????  
 


 
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