Breastmilk question? (Just a theory)

Question

Please don't call me stupid because I literally have no idea if this would work and I'm a little fearful of breastfeeding while visiting at others houses but I don't want to use formula! Do you think this would be okay?

-put storage bag of breastmilk in a container or small lunchbox with an ice pack to keep it cool (refrigerated I guess)

-put container/lunchbox in diaper bag
 
-take it out later when baby is hungry and I'm at a friends house/ families.
 
-warm it up there in a bottle for baby to feed.

I see no flaws in this system instead of needing to take time alone to breastfeed while I'm trying to be with family and the baby. Any problems with this as a feeding method? I'm sorry if this seems obvious as to if this is wrong or right! I'm a first time mom!

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Perfect question some people don't know that even if you bottle feed you will still need to pump or breastfeed baby to relieve yourself. I just breastfeed baby with a cover wail at family's house that I felt uncomfortable feeding at without the cover but to keep supply up you must pump or breastfeed about the same time baby would eat supply and demand kinda thing

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I believe freshly expressed breast milk can be kept at room temperature for four to six hours. You could also just ask people where you're visiting to let you go into another room and nurse the baby, especially if it's family.

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I breast fed both of my boys, I used the storage bags to freeze the milk and carried around a small nursing bag with an ice pack in it. It's mostly up to you but you'll have to take your pump everywhere with you lol once it's feeding time you'll have to go pump to get some relief

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You will still need to pump if you aren't nursing while at someones house. If you aren't pumping or nursing at the times your baby needs to eat, your supply will likely be affected. Personally, i would just ask to go to a room to nurse privately. That will be a lot easier then having to prepare a bottle or pump. It's a pain in the butt to drag all of that extra stuff around all the time. I am sure you will find a way to do things that makes you comfortable. As long as you are comfortable and baby is fed, that is all that matters.

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Also you have to be careful how quickly and to what extent ur heating breastmilk bc you can kill the nutrients 😳👎🏼

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I would use a cover go to another room or nurse in the car before going in and before leaving but I hate pumping unless I have to call me lazy 😊 otherwise your plan sounds doable

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You can refrigerate breastmilk but as others have said, you'll still need to pump. 
You can lose your supply of you fail to express milk, plus you will get engorged and uncomfortable

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I felt the same way. And honestly after doing it for a couple weeks I just didn't care anymore. If I was around my husbands friends I'd just go to another room. But around my friends and family I just whipped it out lol. It's amazing how much you won't care anymore. If it makes your baby happy. You're happy. But then I have my boy a bottle once and he never took the boob again. Little guy realized it comes faster and easier from the bottle lol. As much as I loved breastfeeding I hated pumping every couple hours and am so glad I ended up switching to formula (lost my supply). Formula has seriously been a life saver for me.

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I feel same way... I just can't see me feeding with my husbands father here etc.. Or if I'm at a friends house around guys or family.. So, I'll be storing milk for my days out.. I think once we get use to it we can learn to be discreet .. Learn to get baby on the boob with out exposing a whole boob etc.. It will take practice!! Hang in there.. We will figure it out!!

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I put mine into ice cube trays then freeze them after frozen I put them into freezer bags 
Sometimes it melts thru day but still doesn't leak 
I think one ice cube is an oz or 30 ml so that's how I work out how many I need 😊 
Sometimes switching from breast to bottle confuses them tho my lil guy got lazy with latching and my milk supply dropped off just a warning just coz I didn't even think that bit thru

Breastmilk question? (Just a theory)

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