Expressed milk soapy ?

[Lonelybunny]

My expressed milk tastes like soap. I heard it was supposed to be very rare and is caused my lipase ie breaking down if fats. However after googling it appears to not be as rare as I thought and a lot of women have this trouble. I don't really want to heat treat. Before freezing but will if she doesn't take it. Do any of you have this problem ? And does baby still take the milk ?

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

Just bumping for you.

[HabitualLurker]

I had the same problem. I only realised recently and my baby's 6 months old. He'd been drinking it, but quite reluctantly. I thought it was because he hated the bottle, but on reflection maybe it was the milk itself!

I now scald before freezing and he seems a lot happier with it, though that could be a coincidence. Since I only give him expressed milk once or twice a week I don't have a problem with the heat treating of it, but appreciate you might do if lots of your baby's feeds are going to be expressed milk.

[HabitualLurker]

I had the same problem. I only realised recently and my baby's 6 months old. He'd been drinking it, but quite reluctantly. I thought it was because he hated the bottle, but on reflection maybe it was the milk itself!

I now scald before freezing and he seems a lot happier with it, though that could be a coincidence. Since I only give him expressed milk once or twice a week I don't have a problem with the heat treating of it, but appreciate you might do if lots of your baby's feeds are going to be expressed milk.

[HabitualLurker]

oops, sorry for double post..

[Lonelybunny]

It's only for a couple of times a week. Do you just boil it ?

[minipie]

Hi, scalding is bringing it to the point where it is v hot and little bubbles form round the edge but the milk is not quite boiling, then take it off the heat quickly.