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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh wow, I've traveled all over the world and hotels have always frozen breast milk for me. Never tried it in the US, though![/quote]

OK I have to ask - how come you were storing frozen breast milk all over the world?[/quote]

NP but I travel for work and have a baby, so... storing frozen breast milk all over the world. Not much of a mystery? Anyway, I have had hit or miss luck. Smaller hotels even in cities in Western countries have always accommodated me (e.g., multiple hotels in Strasbourg, which I've had to travel to a lot); bigger chains and, in particular, bigger chains at airport hotels almost never have. Rather than commercial grade freezers, I've had hotels stick it in the freezer part of the fridge their employees use for lunch. That's what I do at work too. I prefer freezing my milk so that I can then stick it in an insulated carry on to get through commute-flight-commute; refrigeration isn't enough for Transatlantic flights. Not sure if that was OP's intention too.

(Also, all of the people talking about bacteria are being a bit insane. The milk is in a bag. It's no more bacteria filled than the other things in the freezer -- e.g., frozen meat -- and the milk itself isn't coming into contact w/ anything at all. Also, freezers kill/temporary hold bacteria at bay. That's their purpose. [/quote]

Bacteria is not the concern. Contaminated breast milk can transmit CMV and HIV. And cold does NOT keep it at bay--HIV does just fine in the freezer. Are the odds low? Probably. Though 1 in 200 people in the world today is HIV-positive, and 15% of those don't know it, and the transmission rate to babies from breast milk of mothers who either aren't being treated or aren't aware they're HIV positive is 15-45%, so maybe not low enough. Call me hysterical, but the idea of storing fluids full of HIV next to my food does not give me a happy feeling. [/quote]

actually, pumped milk may have strep and staph in it.

btw, if pumping GAVE my kid his asthma and all those damn colds he got from 9 months on, I am going to be seriously pissed ...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2193868-breast-pumps-may-introduce-harmful-bacteria-to-babies-gut-microbiome/

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OK,  I worded that poorly. Bacteria is a concern, but a lesser one. PP is right that there's already bacteria in the food. There's bacteria everywhere. But if you catch something, it'll be unpleasant for 5-7 days, then it's over, plus there's antibiotics. Contract HIV and your whole life is changed. I've incorporated the possibilities of undercooked food and unwashed produce into my life. HIV in the ice cream? Not so much. [/quote]

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