Urgent question for breastfeeding mums who express

[Cattia]

Sorry ladies, I know this should go in BF forum but it can be quiet there and I need a quick answer. My LO is four weeks and I have a have a job interview tomorrow for a promotion at my current place of work that would start after my mat leave. I am taking DH and LO with me but have also expressed two bottles of BM. I just want to know, if I take them out of the fridge and put them in sterilized bottles first thing in the morning, will they be OK for the rest of the day? Will I need to keep them refrigerated? Or should I keep the milk in the storage bottles it's in now and transfer it later into the bottles she will drink from?

 

[staralfur]

It should be good for 4-5 hours out of the fridge. I would put them in the bottles before you leave. Good luck in your interview!

 

[Cattia]

Brilliant, thank you

 

[zorak]

Personally I'd put it in the bottles and then put the bottles in a cool bag with an ice block thingy. But then my LO never minded cold milk.

 

[Cattia]

Thanks. We put it in the bottles then put it straight in the fridge when we got there and DH heated it up. She had never had a bottle before but she took it straight away so now I'll do a couple of bottles a week to keep her in the swing of things.

 

[MrsLemon]

https://www.llli.org/faq/milkstorage.html

this is a really useful guide to storing and using expressed milk