Patricia said: <<I was told the local hospital was recommending playtex nurser bags for storage.... Information from K.F's book says that they are intended for milk storage and for freezing... they are made of polyethylene as are the inside layers of the other major ones SO.....my question is.. why not?>> I second this question. Seems to me that making storage seem difficult or expensive has far more potential for discouraing moms from BFing than alchohol questions. If the Playtex bags are being sold for formula users, does something leech into the formula, too? I suspect this is outdated information... And I just know that most moms I talk to want an easy way to store milk when they return to work. They don't want to have to buy oodles of bottles, and they don't have enough room in their freezers to store oodles of bottles, either. I tell them to use Playtex bags, and still need a good reason to change this recommendation. NOTE: premies, I suggest the expensive bags- and Patricia's post makes me wonder if that's even necessary. Isn't the nutrient loss pretty negligable for babies of working moms who BF most of the feedings, anyway? PS: I just read the post where Playtex rep said the milk should only be stored for two weeks. I'm not sure I buy this- isn't this the kind of deliberately restrictive statement the formula companies give about storing breastmilk? Of course the bags should be kept within another rigid container and kept totally frozen and all that- and then I can't imagine why a two week limitation... Sue Jacoby, IBCLC & LLLL