pumping advice?

Question

Today I pumped for the first time. I rent a medela lactina electric pump from my pharmacy and I think it does a decent job...
I feel like it definitely takes a longer to pump than to have baby on the breast for the same amount of milk, but then again I never really knew the amount baby was drinking.

Anyway yeah.. I'm a stay at home mom so I never really needed it but I feel like I should have something in case of emergencies or to do some recipes once we start solids. But I don't know much of anything. So any advice is welcome! 
How do you go about storing milk? Directly in the freezer or do you wait until it's at room temperature?

Answer

Never a bad idea to have some in the freezer just in case! I usually put it in the fridge and then the next day I'll put it in the freezer. But I put it in the fridge because we bottle feed so anything that doesn't get used I will put in the freezer (I do that about every other day). You can put it straight into the freezer if you want since that's your goal with it. Or you can pop it in the fridge and freeze it later. I would freeze them in bags that are filled with however much you baby eats at one time. Or in small bags that have like 4oz if you want to use those in recipes. That way you aren't wasting any since it has to be used within 24 hours of being thawed.

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