Bags or bottles?

[gldnbearz]

For those of us who get less than her baby's daily needs, are you storing the milk in a bottle or a bag?

I currently transfer from my Ameda or Medela bottles (depends on which pump I used) into the Dr. Brown bottles because she will use them in the next 24 hours.

Sometimes I pool 2-3 pumps worth into an 8 oz bottle (spare as kiddo isn't using this size) then pour into the Dr. Brown bottles later (when it's not 2 am).

I'm not sure I need bags if I'm not freezing and less bag waste is generated.

[Shoe Crazy Me]

Definitely stick with bottles if you don't need bags, Bags can tear or be spilled easier resulting in wastage of your milk, which (from experience) can cause you to break down into an ugly cry. Also, bags could get microscopic holes leading to cross contamination of the milk.

Also, some research has shown that there is a loss of antibodies and fat in milk that is stored in plastic bags.

When I wasn't producing enough, I just used bottles. When it came time to freeze I used bags.

[mels823]

I pump right into the bottles for the fridge and then transfer it to bags to freeze later if I begin to build too much of a supply!

[Widget123]

Yeah you don't need bags if you aren't freezing anything.

[birch113]

I'm in the same boat as you, producing less than LO needs. I just store what I pump in a bottle for the next feed., I don't bother with bags.