Breast Milk Storage Bags Leaking!

Never had the problem with the gerber ones. Consistently had a few from each Lanisoh box that leaked. One time I even went to pour 6 ounces in only to have a total hole in the bottom of one and 6 ounces wasted on the kitchen floor before even attempting to freeze it. Buy the gerber even if they cost more. You work hard for that milk

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I think gerber makes a brand of them too... it's been so long since I used any that I don't really remember.

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I had this issue from time to time too when I thawed my breastmilk. I can't say 100% what the brand of the bags were but I think mine were Lansinoh since that is what I used mostly. I got very upset when it happened because I had trouble with my milk supply so every drop was like liquid gold to me. I like Missy F.'s idea of the ziplock bag backup and will keep that in mind when I have to pump, freeze and thaw for #2.

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I like Missy's idea about just using/reusing a larger ziplock bag around the lansinoh bag when you are thawing it out. Even so, that is still frustrating!

I used the Playtex Drop-Ins system with both of my children, so I just pumped directly into the liners, froze them, then at daycare, all they had to do was pull out 1 sleeve at a time and thaw it. I had maybe 2 liners leak total (that's for 1 year of nursing for each child).

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Two years ago, I had that problem with a few batches of Lansinoh bags, but I called the company and they sent me replacement boxes. I still use the Lansinoh bags, since they're the only ones I like. I haven't had a problem with any of the new ones this time. Just in case, I thaw my milk in a clean ziplock bag, so if it does leak I'm not wasting milk. Also, how are you freezing them-do you lay them flat somewhere in your freezer or use a storage box? I think my bags were getting tiny tears from being pinched in the storage box, so I stopped stuffing my storage box so full and haven't seen a leak. I did have a bag leak that I had just laid flat in my freezer. When I pulled it out, it had stuck to the things I laid it on and was hard to pick up and that stressed one of the seams enough to cause a leak. I'd stick with the Lansinoh bags, call them for replacements and use a ziplock as back-up. Good luck!

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More and more problems are coming to light abut plastics leaching chemicals, especially when heated. I'm now years past the breastfeeding/pumping stage, but I wonder... Would it be possible to pump directly into the short glass baby bottles, leave a little head room for expansion, then freeze the milk in the glass bottles themselves?

Call the company and complain!