We are taking a trip and it will take approximately 12-15 hours to arrive at our destination & I need to find a way to preserve my frozen breast milk w/out it thawing out? Any suggestions, please help I need answers for this week! Thanks so much.
Take a ice chest just for the milk, only open it when you have to. Also if you can get some dry ice, it will help it stay frozen longer. Another way is to wrap each individual thing in something to keep it insulated.
M.,
I would just use a well insulated cooler and dry ice. If you want to verify how well it will work, do an overnight experiment with (1) bottle, to give yourself peace of mind before you risk your whole supply.
Kind Regards,
TRUDI
Why can't you just breast feed the baby with a thin blanket over your shoulder & the baby?
It would be so much easier.
Maybe dry ice?
S.
Are you driving or flying? How much do you need to bring?
I've always just used a cooler, size depends on how much you need.
I've heard of mini fridge or coolers that stay cool with a power source. You can pick up an adapter that plugs into your cigarette lighter and has an outlet end to plug into. We use this adapter for out laptop on road trips. They are about $35 if I remember right.
Hope this helps and have fun!!
Our trip back home takes 14 hours. I usually use a cooler and it works just fine. It's a small one, and I pack it completely full (putting food in with). Things keep longer that way.
Also, one funny thing that my husband figured out was that where the windshield meets the dash is extremely cold (unless we have the defrost on) and it kept a couple of bags of milk frozen better than the cooler! Wouldn't work with a lot though. My 5 month old goes longer between feedings when he's in a car.
Have a great trip!
A.
Try dry ice in a cooler.
I have had to transfer milk back and forth from the hospital, while my little guy has had surgeries. It is one hour away. By putting it all jam packed in a freezer, but the time I get home...the milk was starting to thaw out. The ONLY way to travel any amount of time and keep more than one bag of milk good is a cooler with dry ice. If you use regular ice it will thaw the milk out because your milk is colder than the ice, so the ice (being warmer) will thaw the milk out. You might be able to use very frozen meat. But I would NOT chance it. Dry ice is not that expensive and it is proven to work.
