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12-24-2012 at 1:00 PM
Olivebeinm...
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Anyway to salvage gross thawed BM?!

Anyway to salvage gross thawed BM?!

I am so bummed!! I have 300oz of BM I froze for going back to work. Now DH said LO wasn't taking a bottle which I thought was just him not liking the bottle.

I tasted the bottle he was trying to give him when I came home from work and it was DISGUSTING! It doesn't have the soapy taste or smell just tasted like vomit or rotten milk. Does that still mean its excess lipase?

It also has what looks like fat chunks in it.

I tried fresh, 2 day frozen, and 1 month frozen and even the 2 day HA a funk but not bad. The 1 month literally made me gag and almost throw up.

Is there ANY way to salvage any of this BM? I'm so bummed because a dd I couldn't pump and now with DS I was able to create this awesome stash and have to throw it away from the research I've done.


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12-24-2012 at 1:39 PM
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The fat chunks are normal - but sounds like excess lipase to me. My sister had it too and unless she scalded her milk she couldn't keep it around for more than a week or it would go pukey like you're describing.

I don't think there's anyway to salvage your stash from everything I've read, you can only scald going forward. I'm so so sorry. Big hugs.


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12-24-2012 at 1:46 PM
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I had this issue with mine too. I never pumped quite that much. You could bake some teething cookies with it. Freeze them for later.

I do think it is excess lipase.  


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12-24-2012 at 2:08 PM
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Ugh this SUCKS!! I'm hoping someone here has a magic solution for the already ruined stuff... But, from everything I've read... Not so much.
Although, someone did mention putting a drop or two of vanilla extract on some random thing I read... Hmmm...

I so don't want to dump so much BM I will seriously cry.

Teething cookies? Have a recipe?

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12-24-2012 at 2:53 PM
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Yup. I made these. Ro liked them pretty well when she was at that age.

http://weelicious.com/2008/02/15/the-teething-cookie/ 


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12-24-2012 at 11:14 PM
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Maybe there was something wrong with only that bag? Are they all that way or just one? Also, freeze within a day to keep it as fresh as possible. I wouldn't dump your whole stash unless you test more of them. How long did your husband have it out and how did he thaw it?

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12-25-2012 at 5:46 PM
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JWSchwarz:
Maybe there was something wrong with only that bag? Are they all that way or just one? Also, freeze within a day to keep it as fresh as possible. I wouldn't dump your whole stash unless you test more of them. How long did your husband have it out and how did he thaw it?

I checked one from 11/10, 11/18, 11/28, 12/9, 12/18, 12/22 ALL bad. I warmed them with hot water just like DH does too. All BM was frozen as it was pumped. I would pump and then put in the bags right away and deep freeze in a chest freezer with ONLY the BM in it. He had just thawed that bottle I initally tried. Typically dont leave it sitting out and take from freezer to hot water, warm, and feed. 

We followed directions to a t and it sucks but Im 99.9% my stash is garbage. Although, I read that you can still donate it so Im looking into that now too.


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12-25-2012 at 5:53 PM
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JWSchwarz:
Maybe there was something wrong with only that bag? Are they all that way or just one? Also, freeze within a day to keep it as fresh as possible. I wouldn't dump your whole stash unless you test more of them. How long did your husband have it out and how did he thaw it?

I checked one from 11/10, 11/18, 11/28, 12/9, 12/18, 12/22 ALL bad. I warmed them with hot water just like DH does too. All BM was frozen as it was pumped. I would pump and then put in the bags right away and deep freeze in a chest freezer with ONLY the BM in it. He had just thawed that bottle I initally tried. Typically dont leave it sitting out and take from freezer to hot water, warm, and feed. 

We followed directions to a t and it sucks but Im 99.9% my stash is garbage. Although, I read that you can still donate it so Im looking into that now too.


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