I am wondering how others are thawing breastmilk for NICU babies.  I 
happened to notice that our nurses were thawing breasmilk at room 
temperature until it gets "mushy" then returning it to the refrigerator.  
Everything I found on the internet mentioned NOT thawing at room 
temperature.
A search of the archives located a posting that discussed a study (I think from 
Norway) which showed that breastmilk inoculated with bacteria, frozen and 
then thawed at room temperature, showed very little bacterial growth.  
Anyone familiar with this study?
TIA,
Judy H
Upstate NY

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