Joined: 29 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 448 Gender: Female
Posted: 05 April 2008 at 7:56pm | IP Logged
Grrrr and how * off am I!
I went to the emergency docs today and I have severe mastitis and it is AGONY!
I have been prescribed Erythromycin (sp?) (antibiotics) and Ibuprofen. Plus my family are here until Monday and I just want to sleep constantly Poor me lol!
On the plus side Baby Joseph feeds every 4 hours on the dot day and night lol! We set our alarm by him lol!
Joined: 11 September 2007 United Kingdom Posts: 3072 Gender: Female
Posted: 05 April 2008 at 8:12pm | IP Logged
Awww hugs hun.....
You certainly seem to be getting the rough end of it all at the mo.
I hope the antibiotics kick in quickly for you and the pain subsides soon.... can you family help out with the kids so you can drift off to dream land or do they expect to be entertained.... (if thats the right word).
hope your better soon hun
Oh how's the spd now Jospeh is here? Has it settled down and disappeared (i've got me fingers crossed for you)
Joined: 29 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 448 Gender: Female
Posted: 05 April 2008 at 8:20pm | IP Logged
Hiya Zany, the SPD disappeared within about a week! I am so glad it has as I have actually managed to get into twn to go shopping today and buy some clothes for Joseph lol.
They expect to be entertained lol! Plus Louise is being a tad clingy and expects to be picked up every 10 minutes lol. It blooming hurts as she is 2.5 years old and BIG! lol.
I haven't had a moment pain free! What with the SPD, then the Oligio and now the mastitis.... i'm not even breastfeeding any more and still I get it!
Joined: 17 January 2008 Ireland Posts: 35 Gender: Female
Posted: 06 April 2008 at 1:58am | IP Logged
congratulations ....
ooooh I can still feel the pain.....Have you sent one of those goodmeaning guests down to the shops to pick out a nice head of cabbage.... fits nicely on whatever size a - dd & it cooks ....youll actually smell it.....2nd time round put it on and put an icepack gently over it..& just tell people what you need...tthey came for you just need you to tell them what you need.
Joined: 12 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 8799 Gender: Not Specified
Posted: 06 April 2008 at 10:13am | IP Logged
Ouch, mate.
I didn't develop full mastitis, but my breasts became quite engorged. My mw would tell me to apply a warm, damp cloth to the area and gently massage to get rid of some of milk. I had to do this twice a day, it was agony but worked. Failing that I'd get the breast pump on them, that was the only way I could do it. It was so painful it nearly put me off breastfeeding my second son, but luckily didn't.
Apparently, cold cabbage leaves down the bra are supposed to soothe it although I never tried it.
Joined: 13 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 8832 Gender: Female
Posted: 06 April 2008 at 10:36am | IP Logged
I had some wonderful gel pads when eds was small. I think they were called Breast Feeding Bliss - they were wonderful at soothing sore, engorged breasts! I would thoroughly recommend them! You can normally get the quite reasonable from ebay - mothercare used to do them but I cant find them now.
Joined: 24 April 2007 United Kingdom Posts: 1937 Gender: Female
Posted: 07 April 2008 at 9:22pm | IP Logged
Poor you. Yes - I can recommend the cabbage leaves - my midwife told me to get them - my dh took a rather fetching photo of me lying on the couch wearing a 'cabbage bra'! Such a painful thing - I hope your anti-bio's kick in quickly and clear it up.
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