How long can your freeze breast milk for?

[sparklesandwine]

I really should know this but haven't needed to do it before......and i'm being too lazy to look it up

TIA

Kellymom says 6 months

ok thats longer than i thought

Personally I wouldn't freeze it for 6 months. I think there's loads of different opinions on this, so go by what you think is right. I wouldn't freeze it for more than 1-2 months (1 month preferably) but that's me, not sure what the 'official' guideline is (there isn't any really, tbh, as it depends on type of freezer, where you freeze it & all sorts of things). But 6 months does sound rather a lot to me.

1 month in the top of a fridge freezer and 3 months in a proper one

Thats great, thankyou for the info

i'm only going away for 3 nights but want to freeze enough for her, i should think i'll only freeze it for a few weeks

thanks

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