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mastitis (also in bf chat) update
hi ladies
my baby is 2 and a half weeks old and i have been breastfeeding him since he was born, but i am showing signs of having mastitis: painful red area on breast which is painful and sensitive, aches in my bones/joints, feeling weak and unwell
im going to ring my doctor tommorrow but im a bit upset as i have a friend who got mastitis and her milk dried up and she had to stop bf!
does getting mastitis always mean your going to havr to stop breastfeeding, im scared my milk will dry up too, or is it treatable????
francesca and noah, 19days xx
*******************update*********************
went to doctors, no antibiotics where given but i managed to feed him thru it and feeding is back to normal-feeding doesnt hurt anymore and i dont feel unwell anymore yay xx
[Modified by: my1st_bumpxxx on 02 July 2010 18:06:45 ]
my baby is 2 and a half weeks old and i have been breastfeeding him since he was born, but i am showing signs of having mastitis: painful red area on breast which is painful and sensitive, aches in my bones/joints, feeling weak and unwell
im going to ring my doctor tommorrow but im a bit upset as i have a friend who got mastitis and her milk dried up and she had to stop bf!
does getting mastitis always mean your going to havr to stop breastfeeding, im scared my milk will dry up too, or is it treatable????
francesca and noah, 19days xx
*******************update*********************
went to doctors, no antibiotics where given but i managed to feed him thru it and feeding is back to normal-feeding doesnt hurt anymore and i dont feel unwell anymore yay xx
[Modified by: my1st_bumpxxx on 02 July 2010 18:06:45 ]
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Since then i have learned that u can carry on breastfeeding if u can deal with pain but there is a chance the baby can get a little ill as in theory u r feeding off milk!! I was have read u can express till u feel better then reintroduce the boob!!!
I have had to express from day 1 as jacob has weird suckle, yest i thought i was getting mastitis as had one hard and huge boob with red patches but sat in pretty warm/hot bath and massaged it for ages then felt a pop and milk flooded into the bath so hopefully it was just a blocked duct!!
Good luck at docs tomorrow and be too worried about your milk drying up, there is a reason for everything xx
Jeni and Jacob 20 days
I did it all wrong with my first. I had mastitsis and didn't realise and I gave up feeding cos of the pain. I wasn't treated until 5 weeks later and then it didn't work. I had to have an abcess syringed out my boob in hosiptal!
My mate however did what you are doing and got it treated asap and kept feeding/expressing and she went on to feed for a year.
Hope it gets sorted today.
Let us know how you got on x