freezer door wasnt fully closed!!

[Jaymelynn]

I've been storing expressed milk in the back of my freezer for the past few weeks. It is one of those with a double door refrigerator on top and a freezer that opens like a drawer on the bottom. I realized this morning that the freezer door was closed, but not fully sealed. The temp reads at 18 degrees F. The last time I was in the freezer was about 12 hours prior. The milk is still all rock solid. Is it spoiled? Do I need to throw it away?

 

[misspriss]

No. It stayed below 32*F, which is still frozen. I would not worry at all since it was below 20*F. Especially since it was at the back and still frozen solid. If it had started to thaw, it would be an issue.

 

[Jaymelynn]

Thank you!! In order to know how much longer it is good for should I count it as freezer or refrigerator milk? I need some milk for my MRI at the end of the month. I got out of my routine of pumping- eek!

 

[misspriss]

It is frozen. It stayed frozen and well below freezing. I would treat it like milk in a regular freezer (as opposed to a deep freeze, which you can keep longer).

https://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/milkstorage/milkstorage/

Freezer - 6 months
Deep freeze would give you up to 12, but 6 preferable.

I've never had an MRI, but I can't imagine why it would give you problems with breastfeeding? Isn't it an imaging machine like a CT scan?

 

[Jaymelynn]

Thanks again! Yes it is, but they use a contrast dye. I have read that it is safe to BF after it and I read that you should pump and dump for 48 hours (and everything in between)!!

 

[misspriss]

Thanks again! Yes it is, but they use a contrast dye. I have read that it is safe to BF after it and I read that you should pump and dump for 48 hours (and everything in between)!!

Probably not a problem at all:

https://kellymom.com/bf/can-i-breastfeed/meds/radioisotopes/

Kellymom is an excellent source and all of the data I found is backed up with cited medical research. There is a table of dyes used and it looks like they are all safe enough I would be fine with them.

 

[Jaymelynn]

I was just reading the same page! Thanks! I still want milk on hand for while I am in the test so my sister can feed him.