Whats the plan for all this frozen breastmilk?
I thought frozen breastmilk was only good for 2 months, but perhaps the community health nurses here in Vancouver are more cautious. (If you have a good freezer, I’m sure 3 months is fine.) It sounds like the consultant had you pump to build up your milk supply — did you have a modest supply in the beginning? I wouldn’t feel compelled to use the milk. If you are feeling generous, you could ship (frozen) some of the milk to a milk bank. You could given your baby mushy frozen milk, but then that’s interfering with your natural supply. If you have no plans for someone else to give the baby a bottle, you probably don’t need a huge supply in the freezer. Sure, it might be nice to have some on hand for an emergency but most 3-month-olds who aren’t on bottles regularly would rather just wait for mom to come home (depending on when the last feed was). Unless you’re ending up in the hospital or planning to be away for more than a couple of hours, you probably don’t need all this milk. You migh
