First, let me say that I am an avid supporter of breastfeeding. Both of my children were exclusively breastfed and I still breastfeed my 17 mo old daughter before bedtime.
Now, I have a new family who starts tomorrow and the mom breastfeeds the 6 month old so she will be supplying expressed breastmilk for him each day. Ok, so that's wonderful. My problem is that I am getting a little hesitant about storing her (or anyone else's) breastmilk in my family's fridge. Back when I used to express my milk, I would store it in an insulated bag with reusable freezer packs so I didn't need a fridge when I pumped at work, etc. Also, there was never an occasion where I had to store my milk in the fridge of anyone that was not a relative.
Human milk is essentailly just like any other bodily fluid. I certainly wouldn't store the blood or urine of another woman in my fridge. I know that's an extreme example but you get my drift.
I think I have already made the decision to get a mini fridge to be used exclusively for this purpose but I am wondering what your thoughts are on this. Am I just being too dramatic?
Now, I have a new family who starts tomorrow and the mom breastfeeds the 6 month old so she will be supplying expressed breastmilk for him each day. Ok, so that's wonderful. My problem is that I am getting a little hesitant about storing her (or anyone else's) breastmilk in my family's fridge. Back when I used to express my milk, I would store it in an insulated bag with reusable freezer packs so I didn't need a fridge when I pumped at work, etc. Also, there was never an occasion where I had to store my milk in the fridge of anyone that was not a relative.
Human milk is essentailly just like any other bodily fluid. I certainly wouldn't store the blood or urine of another woman in my fridge. I know that's an extreme example but you get my drift.
I think I have already made the decision to get a mini fridge to be used exclusively for this purpose but I am wondering what your thoughts are on this. Am I just being too dramatic?
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