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12-25-2012 at 5:46 PM
amb5353
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Cranky LO and Bad Breastmilk

We went to the ILs house for dinner and presents last night and lunch/dinner today. I swear LO was a cranky pain in the rear both times!!

And even better news all the BM I've been pumping out at night... Might not be good!! I thawed a bag last night when we were there and it smelt so bad and tasted disgusting. Same thing today. However, not all of them smell or taste as bad. I have pumped over 330 ounces!! I will be so pissed if I have to throw it all out!!

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12-25-2012 at 8:56 PM
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I feel ya... Im in the process of trying to salvage my milk to no avail... I have the same as you and Im devastated. Im now scalding it and fx that works. I gave LO a bottle from some milk that was starting to turn that I scalded and had in the fridge overnight and he did ok with it and would drink it thankfully. But, all my milk from before that... yep rotten. I could sit in the corner and cry. See pp "so pissed"

Good luck to you hopefully your milk isnt bad :(


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12-25-2012 at 9:37 PM
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Okay I know I am a STM and we did the whole frozen milk thing the first time and now are doing it again.  Why is it rotten?  What happens to make it this way?


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12-25-2012 at 10:03 PM
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ThatWasAHoot:
Okay I know I am a STM and we did the whole frozen milk thing the first time and now are doing it again.nbsp; Why is it rotten?nbsp; What happens to make it this way?


It's called lipase. It's some kind of enzyme that affect the fat in the milk somehow. I'm not 100 sure of how it works. But I know it can occur in some women. After 24hrs in the fridge it will start to smell and taste funny. From what I have read its ok to give it to the baby he or she just might not accept it because of smell and taste. If you thaw out a bag it will most likely also smell bad. I called the LC and hopefully they call me tomorrow so I can make sure this is really what's going on.

It's depressing! I have all this frozen BM that I may have to toss if my LO refuses it.

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12-25-2012 at 10:05 PM
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Olivebeinmamma:
I feel ya... Im in the process of trying to salvage my milk to no avail... I have the same as you and Im devastated. Im now scalding it and fx that works. I gave LO a bottle from some milk that was starting to turn that I scalded and had in the fridge overnight and he did ok with it and would drink it thankfully. But, all my milk from before that... yep rotten. I could sit in the corner and cry. See pp "so pissed"
Good luck to you hopefully your milk isnt bad :


From what I've read it is safe to give to LO if they will drink it. Its just something to do with Lipase. I'm hoping the LC call me in the morning so I can get their opinion. I thawed several bags and some smelt better than the others. Maybe there is a diet we can try.

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12-26-2012 at 4:53 PM
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I'm sorry for you.  I had this happen to me but it was several weeks ago so I only had about 80 ounces instead of 330 (btw holy sh!t) that's a lot of freaking milk.  Anyways I had to start scalding my milk before freezing it and it has done the trick. No more funky smelling/tasting milk after that. Check with Kellymom to read about too much lipase. 

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