What can I do when my breast milk is soapy?
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Yes, my wife also had the same problem. As you know as it seems that you have read all the breastfeeding books, what makes your breast milk taste so good and creamy to the baby is the fat. Some, women have excess lipase enzyme in in their breast milk, that after the milk is pump the enzyme immediately starts breaking down the milk fat. This is good and bad. This enzyme helps the baby immensly and usually women with this extra enzyme are fortunate since it is much easier for their baby to digest their food getting more nutrients into their system. However, the enzyme as it digest like other foods begins breaking down the fat and curdling which may make it taste soapy and or metalic like. All, I can say is if you are making that much you are fortunate. I guess my advice is any milk over 8 hours toss. I have no idea what your work schedule is but, pump then feed the baby with a portion of the milk, and then store the rest. The scalding of the milk helps sometimes but as others have said it does reduce the nutrient fat value by about 30%, so you don't wan't to do that all the time. Of course if your baby is happy and healthy and your doctor says so, you might be able to scald more often. The calories are still there. I am suprise that other mothers don't test out their milk taste. It is almost shocking that stored or heated milk is not tested by the mother, IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE TESTED, ALWAYS!!
Are you leaving soap in the pump? Is the baby refusing to drink the milk? I've never heard of breast milk being soapy.
Honestly, it's prob not soapy tasting ...I thought that when I had been breastfeeding and pumping too once in awhile. I kept rewashing the bottles that I was pumping my milk into and it always had the same taste. Needless to say, it was fine and my daughter didn't seem to pull away or whatever. You're expressing 40 oz per day? Wow...that's alot! :)
I've never heard of soapy milk.
I would assume, there was soap residue in the pump or bottles.
If you make sure to store it properly (fridge for a day, freezer for longer) and your child doesnt refuse it, then dont worry about it!
I don't get this...Are you drinking your own milk? How do you know what it tastes like? This is weird I have never heard of this. I do know you are not supposed to scald it you are killing all of the nutrients that are important for the baby by doing this.
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