Mastitis-tastic
This post is about my boobs. And not in a sexy, heaving bosom sort of way. You have been warned.
Background: Althea has violently and suddenly weaned herself (more on that in the next post). Elise has gone down to usually three feedings a day (from four). Now, with the intense congestion from the croup/cold, she’s having trouble breathing while nursing so she sometimes gets frustrated and doesn’t finish nursing.
So my supply is all spastic and wacky and my boobs are going through some big adjustments. (Huh, or maybe small adjustments. Goodbye, C cup.)
Yesterday, I started feeling a sore spot in my right boob. I figured it was a clogged duct. But within a few hours, it started to hurt REALLY FUCKING BAD. And then it started to hurt REALLY FUCKING WORSE. The slightest hint of a touch would send me into a screaming fit of pain. Soon, I started getting chills and muscle aches. It felt like I was coming down with the flu.
A call to my lactation consultant confirmed my suspicion: mastitis.
Overnight, my fever shot up to 100.1 and my breast developed a nasty, inflamed red spot on the outside. I was pretty sure my boob was going to fall off and I was going to die a slow, breastless death.
Thankfully, I’m still alive. And I have two boobs. I’m on an intense round of antibiotics to prevent it from getting worse.
I highly recommend NOT developing mastitis. It is incredibly unpleasant and involves really unattractive things. Like puss. Yes, PUSS. From your boob. Hawt.
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I cringe to read this! I got that with my first and it SUCKED!!! You are smart to have done the lactation consultant, which I did not do and dealt with a yeast infection (yes, on my nipples) for weeks because i had no idea I wasn’t supposed to hurt that bad. Anyway, eventually it turned to mastitis and I, too, had the lovely pus. I am so sorry you had to go thru that! It does go away fast once you get the meds, thank God!!! Hope your girls are getting better and that you are able to be comfortable soon.
-Amy
If your child begins to fuss you say she is fussy, right?
If your hair starts to frizz, you say that your hair is frizzy, right?
If something has a lot of puss it is. . . . . . . ?????
Sorry, I’m about as mature as a 12 year old boy.
Girl…I know just how you feel! Mastitis is THE worst! I pumped for my little guy who was a preemie and had a NICU stay. He was about 2 weeks old when I woke up one morning and the entire right side of my body hurt…like HELL! It felt like I had been run over by a truck. I was feverish and sore and my right boob was HUGE and heavy and hard. I couldn’t even lift myself out of the bed. A call into the doctor resulted in a script for antibiotics within about an hour. Thankfully…the very next day, I was about 80% better…but I was right there with you. I thought I was going to die!!!
I have to start breastfeeding again in a couple of months. Thanks for the pep talk!
Take probiotics while you’re on them!!
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