Storing expressed milk

[MandMs4]

Hello. I have expressed and milk has been in fridge for 5 days can I now freeze it or are you supposed to freeze it the same day?

[Seb9]

the general rule that I've heard is 6 hrs at room temperature, 6 days in the fridge and 6 months frozen. So it would be coming to the end of its life in the fridge. I would probably be tempted to use it now and not risk freezing it so close to the sixth day.

[MandMs4 in reply to Seb9]

Thank u this was my worry just hate waisting milk but would rather be safe than sorry x

[Cher22]

It depends on the temperature of your fridge. If fridge is higher then 4°C then use it within 3 days if its lower then can keep up to 8 days. I generally freeze them straight away or after a couple of days of being in the fridge