Freezer Stash

[kartish]

With V I built up a stash of about two days worth before I started back to work. After that I just pumped daily at work and since my output fluctuated, so did my stash. Usually though there was at least three or four days worth in the freezer though.

[Unknown]

Are you EBFing otherwise? What are you looking to have an emergency stash for, just for another similar emergency health situation? Is that a health scenario that is likely to happen again? If so I would try and build up enough for a couple weeks in the hospital, if not and you are just EBFing maybe a couple days worth so you can have a couple days to build up your supply if you have a dip or something.

I worked FT and pumped a lot and was a milk donor so I think my idea of what emergency stash I'm comfortable with is not normal.

[LadyNymeria]

If he was to drink the frozen milk only, I have about a week's worth. I only pumped occasionally while on leave and now I pump 3 days a week while at work plus an extra one-side pump some mornings if DS slept a long time.

I have about 2 days worth in the fridge. If I end up pumping more than I need to keep the fridge at 2 days' milk, the excess gets frozen so I'm continually adding to my stash a little at a time.

Once in a while I'll thaw milk for his bottles and freeze the whole day's pumped milk to keep my stash rotating. That way nothing sits in my freezer too long.

[ellabee]

With my DD I had about 150oz stashed in the freezer at my peak - so 3-4 days worth if she had nothing but frozen milk.

[billyhorrible]

I dipped into my stash almost every day since I couldn't keep up with what daycare was feeding him, so I'd pump and freeze extra on the weekends. So at any given time I'd probably have a week's worth of milk.

[byjove]

One to two days worth of milk is all I worried about keeping.