Expressed milk

[Elf1981]

When I came out of hospital, I did a little bit of expressing. I have one bottle in the freezer which I expressed before DD was a week old (she's now five weeks).
However, when I look at this bottle compared to what I express now, it's very yellow rather than white.
Is it okay to defrost and use?

Yep, it's fine. Yellow milk's just creamier and freezing changes it anyway. It'll probably separate when it's defrosted, just shake it and it'll be fine.

I was worried as another bottle I'd frozen was white (a bit darker than usual) but this looks a bit like the yellow the lollypop lady used to wear!

It's all colours, IME, from yellow through white to almost blue - it depends on the fat content, I think. But don't get hung up on it not being "fatty" enough if it's too pale - it's good stuff, bottled gold

it's probably colostrum (earliest v creamy milk)if v yellow, so no problem . think it lasts 3mths in freezer

If it's stuff that you expressed before your dd was a week old it's probably just the fact that your milk changes during the first week or so - there is a big difference between colostrum, first milk and mature milk.

It lasts six months in the freezer - it's incredible stuff.

There's a link somewhere Mears posted re this.

Shake it very gently! HOnestly, it does make a difference.