"Thawing" breast milk question

I had several bags of frozen milk accumulate while I was visiting my sister in NC. When I drove home yesterday, I put all of them into a cooler with ice to try to keep them frozen. Many of them stayed frozen, a few were completely thawed and some were only partially thawed -- still basically frozen solid but some liquid around the big chunk of ice in the middle. My question is whether or not I can put the ones that were not still completely frozen back into the freezer. I have used the thawed ones today, but I'm hoping not to have to waste the ones that didn't quite make it. Does anybody know? Right now, they are back in my freezer but segregated until I get an answer...

Re: "Thawing" breast milk question

I would not put them back into the freezer, I would follow the same rules you follow for meat...

I would use those ones and put any milk you pump today back into the freezer

Message edited 6/9/2006 3:22:42 AM.