I have a follow up to the High Lipase ? posted yesterday. I did some research on this, as it was the first I had heard of it. I read that your milk can taste metallic, sour/rotten or soapy. Well, I work, so I went to the fridge to check the milk I had pumped earlier in the day and tasted it. I have never really tasted a bunch before, and did yesterday. It tastes soapy. Now, I have smelled my pump stuff and the bottles before I pump and they smell soapy too, even if I just rinse in water and put in dishwasher. At work, I usually use a bit of soap and rinse them about 7 or 8 times with clean water. Still, very soapy smelling. So, my stupid ? of the day: is this my bottle/pump stuff causing this, or might I have a little elevated lipase? If it is just my stuff, how do you clean your stuff without getting the soapy smell? Granted, I used to use a ton of soap, but stopped doing that. I rinse forever. Still, soapy. And, like I said, even just throwing in the dishwasher makes them smell soapy. Do I need to buy all new stuff? Use handsoap (will that rinse better?). I haven't defrosted any milk from the freezer yet to check that, because I am pretty sure this is a human error, not lipase, but I will this weekend, just to make sure.
Thanks for answering my ridiculous question!