Quick question about frozen breast milk

[jacksmannequin]

So I'm new to breastfeeding (combi feeding with a bottle) and baby is 4 weeks old. In the beginning I was pumping, and the container that was already in the fridge I was just attaching to the pump and pumping straight into it, don't ask me why I didn't realise this probably wasn't best mixing cold and body temp milk, baby brain maybe ! Just didn't think. Anyway, that milk was frozen, there is about 12oz of it.
I'm guessing I need to get rid of it now and can't use it ?
Seems such a waste as now I can't get as much out I was then but obviously don't want to give it baby if it'll give her a bad tummy
Anyone know if I definitely can't use it ?

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Anyone ?

I used to top up bm containers like this too. In fact I used to add fresh bm on top of frozen bm if a freezer container wasn’t full. (Had limited bottles and freezer space so wanted to fill them all!)

I seem to remember being told that doing this is ok but must admit I don’t remember where I read/heard this. Anyway the milk didn’t seem to do any harm!

There might be something on Kellymom?

I quick google suggests it's not recommended as the warmer milk will warm the colder milk.

Ah getting 12oz out is really good going! I totally sucked at expressing so ditched expressing this time., so feel your pain about any wastage

Hmm kellymom says milk from different pumping sessions can be combined but you should avoid adding warm milk to refrigerated or frozen milk, cool it first. I can’t remember if I did cool the new batch or not.

Personally I would probably keep it but use it when baby is older and a bit less delicate.

Thank you. I'm so annoyed, don't know why I didn't use common sense ?! Lol
Annoying as it's the early milk so really yellow and full of goodness ! But yes I will leave it as it can keep for up to 6 months can't it ?

If you don't want to feed it to her, pop it in her bath. Makes the skins so soft and lovely.

I dunno if rules have changed.
I was milk bank donor about 17 years ago.
And pumped while at work for my little one.
If it was all pumped on same day then I was fine to freeze at end of day & use it for my baby or donations in future.
The rules were definitely to put the pump in fridge right after session, could add more milk straight to that (it's only body temp, not truly hot), and straight back in fridge, freeze in evening.

That's amazing if you got 12 oz out in one day. I suppose my first lot of day could have been 4-5 oz & second lot 2-3 oz, so the cool milk outweighed the fresher warmer milk, so warmer milk couldn't heat up all that cool milk anyway.

what you definitely shouldn't do was add fresh milk from today to yesterday's liquid milk.