Breastfeeding Questions - Hoffman Estates,IL

Yes, you can leave it out for up to 8 hours actually. Check the guidelines at kellymom.com on this. I think off the top of my head its:
8 hours at room temp
8 days in the fridge
3 months in the freezer or 6 months in a deep freezer

if frozen, it's
1 hour at room temp
1 day in the fridge

I usually just sort of add the hours up. so if you had it in the fridge for 2 days, i'd plan on leaving it out for up to around 6 hours. The guidelines are pretty conservative - milk usually lasts quite a bit longer than this.

Honestly though, (the milk police will arrest me for saying this!) I usually just let my nose and my baby be the judge. If it smells off, it is. If it smells like normal breastmilk, it's fine. Also, babies won't drink the milk if it's off, so if they take a swallow and push it away, you should toss it.

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Hi M..
Yes, you can leave it out to warm it up. We do that sometimes. Congrats on your new little girl!
S.

Edited:
karen hit it on the money!

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You can just pump and feed, but your baby is better getting the milk out than the pump is. So your baby gets more milk than you pump. Pumping also takes longer than nursing does, unless you have a hospital grade double pump, which is expensive to rent. Our daughter just turned 7 weeks old, and is much faster at nursing now. Good luck!

my dd is 8 months and i pump 90% of the time and has worked great
i nurse now 1xday and bottle the rest
i have just this week started introducing 1 small formula bottle a day just to get her used to it if needed
but i still have 60 bottles in the freezer

all i can say for sure
is do whats right for you
exclusively nursing was not right for me
and using a hoptital grade pump given to me by my dh'
s work is what i used
check your insurance and company for optionos

i used to fill my sink with warm water and let the closed bag or bottle sit in the warm water to warm up a bit or you can run it under warm running water.