Thank you Alibaby and Bekz. I will go take my breast pump out today and start the expressing! Who knows... maybe by doing so I will get a reward in the end! Just can't wait to meet my DS/DD#2.
Does anyone have any idea if I should keep the colostrum in the fridge or in the freezer? Being 39 weeks but then again, I can't guarantee how much longer it will take my baby for it to decide to show. If I decide to freeze, is the storage time also same for breast milk? I can't recall the refrigerating/freezing time... any clue where I could get that info? Thanks
I would think it'd be the same as breastmilk. I thought 3 days in the fridge, 3 months in the freezer?
The ABA website would be able to help, I'd think.
Believe it or not, I actually spoke to the ABA today about something similar. I am on maxolon so its really pushing my supply to uncomfortable at times and I get 'let down' leaking.
They advised me today that I can start storing from 35 weeks so you are well positioned to express and store - and it wont upset establishing bfing when baby is born!
SO Yay! Chemist should be able to help with getting the right syringes.
I guess I should start storing whatever I expressed. At the moment, I have very few drops of colostrum so I don't know if it's worthwhile saving it. If I do end up saving, is it okay to add to the same syringe once I've filled up enough to freeze? For instance, I would store what is expressed in the fridge and add until the syringe is full then I will move it to the freezer. Is that okay?
As long as the oldest is not in the fridge for longer than 3 days that is fine. Shake it to mix it, but you may still get layers, which is not a problem. So fill one syringe as much as you can for 3 days then pop it in the freezer and move onto the next syringe.
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