REVIEW: Milkies, the Milk Saver.

The Milk Saver

Last week I was at Bosom Buddies, a weekly support group for breastfeeding mothers courtesy of Karen Bell, CLC of Breast is Best Lactation Services. We were discussing new products on the market that may be popular with Moms now.

That reminded me of when I saw the product Milkies while I was pregnant. My best friend (and former breastfeeder) Blair, showed them to me and I thought they were genius! Saving milk — ah hah!

Now that I am breast feeding again, when I let down — I soak myself (usually). Even six weeks in, I still leak! So I mentioned it to my lactation consultant, Karen,  and asked her if she had ever heard of it.

Karen disappeared and came back with brand new box of Milkies, the Milk Saver! Told me she had received it in the mail from the company and was waiting to give it to someone to try out. So here it was, in my hands. She was giving it to me! I was over the moon ecstatic to try it out! I really wanted to save all this milk that I was leaking.

For my next feeding I placed the milkies container into my tank. It wasn’t as well fitting as I had hoped. The top showed out of my tank so it wasn’t ENTIRELY discrete and it did not comform to my breast so you could definitely tell there was something in my tank. HOWEVER, when it came down to the job at hand (collecting milk) it was done brilliantly. I saved about 1/2 an ounce from leakage alone just by using milkies! The average mother loses about 1/2-1oz per feeding. If you are feeding 8-12 times a day like I am, that’s 4-12oz of lost milk a day! Now you can save it.

The milk saver’s storage container also acts as a stand if you need to set it up somewhere until you are able to do anything with the milk itself. It’s definitely a worthwhile purchase (especially if you’re anything like me and leak at every feeding!) This would make a great gift for a Mom who plans on breastfeeding (or is currently breastfeeding and has the same issues I do).

Your milk is liquid gold. Save every drop!

[Rating:4]