Curdled milk - is it ever normal??

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I have been bf my 5 week old, and thought I'd try expressing. Having (slowly, painstakingly) expressed throughout the day, into sterile bottle which I kept in the fridge, I was a little (very) gutted to find that the milk looked curdled when I went to give it to DD. Down the sink it went .

Today the same has happened again, SO...can this be normal? Does ebm separate in the fridge? Is it safe to give? Help!

I think it's normal for the fattier milk to float to the top, you can just shake to mix it back in. Give it a taste if you're worried - it should keep in the fridge, but some people have too much lipase which makes it taste horrible pretty quickly. Mine only kept for a few hours.

Yes, perfectly normal - it always separates in the bottle! Give it a shake and away you go

Mine separates in the fridge. I warm it in hot water before giving it to DD, give it a shake and the creamier bits dissolve back in.

If you do have this problem apparently scorching the milk before storing it makes it keep longer, but that seemed like such a faff I never tried it, just gave up expressing (which I hated anyway, so was glad of the excuse!)

Thankyou!

Fingers crossed this means DD will give my boobs a break so I can sleep for longer than 2 hours tonight therefore avoiding sleep deprived nervous breakdown....