Sorry for a long pause. Nak kena seru balik
mood nak blogging after few days rest. Many things to blog about, but there are
many things that I need to submit by this week too.Sob sob. Btw, these things
have being pending quite long time in my favourites. I really wish I could share with all my darling blogger mommies who
specially on breastfeeding, and maybe info for your next kids.InsyaAllah. I've
received call from my besties Haiza about her problem handling her ebm which
smell a lil bit rancid. So what to do??Here some good info I got from Medela
when they twitted about this couple of months ago.
Furthermore, have u ever faced problem when u freezed ur ebm in your top freezer, and the next morning u still see the ebm not freezing??Or suddenly ur ebm de-frosting even there is electricity at your house??Check out whether the ebm has been placed at door compartment or not. If yes, you should not store your milk against the wall of a de-frosting freezer as the milk will not get freeze or they will de-frost themselves on the next day. Happenned to me for few times, but not to worry, doesn't mean that u need to throw the ebm. What I did, if it still within the suggested period and the ebm still smell ok, I just transfer the milk in rack freezer or move to my upright feezer. Moralnye, rajin2 lah check ebm dalam freezer tu ye.
And last things u need to know about ebm handling is, please never ever reheat your ebm using the microwave. Why?? Basicly, we know that heating the ebm using the microwave can destroy many good and beneficial nutrients properties in breast milk. Check out the articles below. For nursery usage next day, pindahkan dulu kat peti bawah so that it can be thawed over the night. ;)
Ok, have your time to read. Its good to refresh the knowledge we have about ebm storage and handing.
My expressed
breastmilk doesn’t smell fresh. What can I do?
JULY 28, 2011. Posted in: MILK HANDLING/STORAGE
Human milk that has truly
soured has a very distinct sour taste and odor – much like soured cow’s milk.
If your milk doesn’t smell distinctly sour or rancid, then it should be safe to
give to your baby.If you repeatedly notice
that your stored milk doesn’t smell or taste fresh, it might help to go through
your storage procedures to see if there is something you could do to improve
the smell/taste of your milk:
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Storage containers: Standard glass or plastic bottles (or any type of leak-proof
food storage containers) are acceptable for storing mother’s milk, as are
disposable bottle liners or “mother’s milk” bags. The best materials are glass
or food-grade polypropylene or polybutylene (hard) plastic. Polyethylene bags
(bottle liners) do not preserve nutrients and immune properties as well as
glass or hard plastic. (Jones & Tully 2005)
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If you’re using standard
plastic bottle liners, instead try using bags specifically designed for storing
human milk.
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If you’re storing in
plastic, try glass instead.
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Storage conditions:
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Do you plan to freeze the
milk? If you’re not expecting to use refrigerated milk within 5-8 days of expression,
then freeze as soon as possible after expression. Use as soon as possible after
thawing (but always within 24 hours).
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Make sure that all packages
in your refrigerator or freezer are sealed well, so that your milk cannot
absorb odors from other foods. A box of baking soda placed in the refrigerator
or freezer may help to absorb odors.
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Store your milk in the BACK
of the refrigerator or freezer, not in the door. Don’t store your milk against
the wall of a self-defrosting freezer.
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Is your freezer cold
enough? If your freezer keeps ice cream hard, then the temperature is right.
A few mothers find that their refrigerated or frozen milk begins
to smell or taste soapy, even though all storage guidelines have been followed
closely. Per Lawrence &
Lawrence (p. 781), the speculation is that these mothers have an excess of the
enzyme lipase in their milk, which begins to break down the
milk fat soon after the milk is expressed. Most babies do not mind a mild
change in taste, and the milk is not harmful, but the stronger the taste the
more likely that baby will reject it.
Lipase is an enzyme that is
normally present in human milk and has several known beneficial functions:
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Lipases help keep milk fat
well-mixed (emulsified) with the “whey” portion of the milk, and also keep the
fat globules small so that they are easily digestible (Lawrence & Lawrence,
p. 156).
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Lipases also help to break
down fats in the milk, so that fat soluble nutrients (vitamins A & D, for
example) and free fatty acids (which help to protect baby from illness) are
easily available to baby (Lawrence & Lawrence, p. 156).
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The primary lipase in human
milk, bile salt-stimulated lipase (BSSL), “has been found to be the major
factor inactivating protozoans” (Lawrence & Lawrence, p. 203).
Per Lawrence & Lawrence
(p. 158), the amount of BSSL in a particular mother’s milk does not vary during
a feed, and is not different at different times of day or different stages of
lactation. There is evidence that there may be a decrease in lipase activity
over time in mothers who are malnourished.
Many mothers who need to store their expressed milk but have
problems with excess lipase sometimes wonder whether changing their diets may
help. This post to the LLLI forums discusses some ideas from human milk
researcher Leon Mitoulas about this question: Can diet changes help with the
Lipase issue?
What can I do if my storage problem is due to excess lipase? Once the milk becomes sour or rancid smelling/tasting, there
is no known way to salvage it. However, newly expressed milk can be stored by
heating the milk to a scald to inactivate the lipase and stop the process of
fat digestion. Scald the milk as soon after expression as possible.
To scald milk:
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Heat milk to about 180 F (82
C), or until you see little bubbles around the edge of the pan (not to a
full, rolling boil).
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Quickly cool and store the
milk.
Scalding the milk will
destroy some of the antiinfective properties of the milk and may lower some
nutrient levels, but this is not likely to be an issue unless all of the milk
that baby is receiving has been heat-treated.
Per Lawrence &
Lawrence, bile salt-stimulated lipase can also be destroyed by heating the milk
at 144.5 F (62.5 C) for one minute (p. 205), or at 163 F (72 C) for up to 15
seconds (p. 771).
What if your milk tastes/smells sour, or even rancid, rather than
soapy?
If your milk tastes/smells
sour or rancid rather than soapy, the cause may be chemical oxidation rather
than lipase (Mohrbacher, p. 461). Mom’s intake of polyunsaturated fats may be
involved, or free copper or iron ions in her water. When this happens,
Mohrbacher has a few suggestions to try:
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avoid your usual drinking
water (either drinking it or having milk come into contact with it)
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avoid fish-oil and flaxseed
supplements, and foods like anchovies that contain rancid fats
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increase your antioxidant
intake (including beta carotene and vitamin E)
Related info & links :
Common Concerns When Storing Human Milk by Cindy Scott Duke, from New Beginnings, Vol. 15 No. 4, July – August 1998, p. 109.
Funny Milk from Lactation Education Resources discusses milk that looks or smells unusual
Soapy aftertaste to breast milk Q&A by Debbi Donovan, IBCLC
Expressed breast milk: Frozen breast milk tastes bad to baby Q&A by Debbi Donovan, IBCLC
Storage and Handling of Breastmilk by Becky Flora, BS, IBCLC (see “What about soured or “off” milk?”)
Excess Lipase details one mom’s experience with excess lipase, with lots of great information (including donating her unusable milk to a milk bank!)
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Can I heat
ebm in a microwave?
Everybody knows you're not supposed to heat breast milk or formula in the microwave. Why not? The top two reasons usually cited are 1) it kills nutrients, which is scientifically unfounded, unless you're leaving it in there for 20 minutes, or 2) it creates hot spots, which can scald baby, which would be slightly plausible if we weren't talking about a liquid, which is going to have convection currents and is going to be thoroughly mixed long before it gets to baby's mouth.
Read detail here :
Should read about this too!! 10 reason to throw out your microwave!
Check out this article too!!Storing and Transporting the Breast milk:
Happy working everyone. May u have a great week ahead..;)
6 comments:
Yes, never ever heat bm in the microwave..i pesan awal2 lg kt my hubby..tau je la kn org laki kdg nk cpt je n sng ;D
Thanks for sharing abt the rest dear! :)
great info! though patutnye dah khatam dah bab2 ebm ni..2nd round kan. tp still lagi need to refresh those stuff. tq for sharing :)
good info! I heart this entry :)
Izu,
Ebm mmg jarang kan orang pakai microwave, tapi babyfood, sometimes nak cepat masuk microwave jugak.Nak kn elak kan ek ;)
tq..it just a copy paste article dear ;)
airin,
yup,sometimes bila dah get used to it,bnyk yg kecik2 diabaikan kan??
my pleasure ;)
Nadine,
tq..i love this article so much, thats why I fave kan and waiting the rite time to share with others..
mase 1st time baca mcm terkejut jugak,so many things lagi yg tak tahu rupanya..;)
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