Moving Breast Milk

[smock]

A cooler should be fine; even if it thaws slightly it is fine to re-freeze if there are still ice crystals. If you replenish the ice it should stay frozen!

[Deleted]

Call a midwife and offer it to her?

[simpsongal]

Alternatively, get some dry ice.

[D2M]

Do you have a parents' listserv in your neighborhood? I just saw a listing from someone offering a freezer stash on mine. I bet there were some takers.

[biogirl21]

Are you moving a deep freeze or was it just in the fridge freezer? I researched it when we moved and a deep freezer should still be cold enough for 24 hours as long as it's not opened.

[biogirl21]

Sept 26, 2014 12:33:56 GMT -5 jjwritergirl said:

Sept 26, 2014 12:32:03 GMT -5 biogirl21 said:

Are you moving a deep freeze or was it just in the fridge freezer? I researched it when we moved and a deep freezer should still be cold enough for 24 hours as long as it's not opened.

It's just a fridge freezer, and we aren't moving the freezer itself. Just the contents. 

Ah, ok, darn.

If you do pack it in ice I would probably refresh every time you stopped as opposed to just halfway through.

[minzy]

I have moved milk several times in a big cooler packed with bags of ice.  It gets heavy, but does the trick.

[MamaMaui24]

Sept 26, 2014 12:56:11 GMT -5 jjwritergirl said:

I found a place that sells cheap dry ice, and they knew all about transporting breast milk. The lady even had a sheet with recommended pounds based on quantity and distance. Thanks for the idea, simpsongal!

That's awesome! I was also going to say this. DH took dry ice on s camping trip and their steaks were still frozen solid after a day or so.

[Jalapeñomel]

Do you have a NICU close by? I know there were women by me that we're desperate for breast milk when their babies were in the NICU.

[kaycee]

I moved across country with mine. I got a styrofoam cooler and put like 200oz and 5lb of dry ice. It was frozen solid when I arrived 15 or so hours later. They say if you tightly pack it and put newspaper on top you don't even need ice, but I was too chicken to try that.

[tealblue]

I was going to recommend to fill empty juice or milk containers with water and freeze. Put them in the cooler with your milk + extra ice and you should be fine. Glad the dry ice people knew what you needed to do!