Haven't seen any studies on refreezing breast milk. But the meat counter does note when fish has been previously frozen so you will cook it very soon and NOT re-freeze it. I think it's a quality of the food kind of thing: less nutritional value poor flavor. But never heard that re-freezing food (or milk?) ever made it contaminated or "bad" to eat. Maybe the butcher will have that information - or HMBANA - or your County Health Dept - or? Phyllis ---- [log in to unmask] wrote: ============= Does anyone know if there are any studies that have been done on breastmilk that has been frozen, thawed, and then refrozen? *Everyone* says, "never refreeze breastmilk." I want to know why. Is this just because we've always been told if the meat thawed, don't refreeze it -- because why? Have you ever gone to the grocery store and looked at the fish? A lot of the fish was "previously frozen." Do you take that home and refreeze it? So why can we do that with fish and not breastmilk -- or hamburger -- or peas? Is not refreezing breastmilk evidence based practice or common practice just like we know that if a mom eats cabbage/broccoli/spicy foods the baby will get gas? Or that breastfeeding babies HAVE to be burped. (When was the last time you saw a mother cat whap their kittens on the back after a feed?) If your choice is breastmilk that has thawed and been refrozen, or formula -- which would you choose? Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA Lactation Education Consultants _www.lactationeducation.com_ (http://www.lactationeducation.com/) *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome -- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC Glendale, AZ. [log in to unmask] *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome