So last night was better than the night before, but still a bit rough. I thought I was moving on to the land of the healthy, but then at 3:00 a.m., the chills came right back and the sweating through your clothes kind of fever followed into the morning. Not the most fun I've ever had, but hopefully by the end of the week, I'll be totally back to normal.
As the day wore on, no fever and no chills showed up to party, but I feel like the lump (caused by the blocked duct) in my breast isn't getting better and is, in fact, getting more noticeable than it was yesterday. Even the doctor said yesterday that she couldn't feel a lump, so that fact that I can feel a bump (not a bump, really - it feels more like a vein that's enlarged and that you can follow or trace with your finger, starting at the back of my breast, near my armpit) today makes me a little scared that the antibiotics will clear up the infection, but if I can't get the duct to un-swell, I'll be back at the doctor next week with another one. If you're reading this and you've had Mastitis, please share with me how long it took for the lump and discomfort to go away. (You can do this either by commenting on the post or by emailing me at vegetarianwifey@gmail.com, emailing me on Facebook, or texting me, if you're close.) So I'm feeling a bit stressed about that. I've been putting a heating pad on it all day today before nursing Grayson and massaging the area, both before and while he nurses. I've been getting him to empty the breast completely of milk. I've been varying nursing positions. I've been doing everything I can do. Everything I've read to do. So I'm just really, really hoping things work themselves out soon.
That's the boob update, since I know you're all just dying to know!
Grayson had ZERO interest in being put down today. He was insistent I hold him all day long. And I found him to be pretty fussy. I'm not producing a ton of milk at the moment, because I'm just starting to get my appetite back. With the fever, I ate a little, but not nearly enough to ensure a great milk supply, which (stupidly) I didn't even think about at the time. Anyway, because he's nursing every two hours, and because I'm only just starting to get my supply back up (I hope), he wasn't getting a lot of milk at each feed and I think that had him ticked off. This evening, I actually thawed some of my frozen pumped milk to top him up and he drank it all, so I think hunger was part of his issue, however, he was crankier tonight than he's ever been in his entire 11 weeks (today!) of life, so I'm not sure what that was about. He's sleeping now and I'm hoping for a better night, though, I do sort of need him up every couple of hours to nurse off my broken boob, so I think it'll be another long night for me.
So that was my day. It was still good for a bunch of reasons.
As the day wore on, no fever and no chills showed up to party, but I feel like the lump (caused by the blocked duct) in my breast isn't getting better and is, in fact, getting more noticeable than it was yesterday. Even the doctor said yesterday that she couldn't feel a lump, so that fact that I can feel a bump (not a bump, really - it feels more like a vein that's enlarged and that you can follow or trace with your finger, starting at the back of my breast, near my armpit) today makes me a little scared that the antibiotics will clear up the infection, but if I can't get the duct to un-swell, I'll be back at the doctor next week with another one. If you're reading this and you've had Mastitis, please share with me how long it took for the lump and discomfort to go away. (You can do this either by commenting on the post or by emailing me at vegetarianwifey@gmail.com, emailing me on Facebook, or texting me, if you're close.) So I'm feeling a bit stressed about that. I've been putting a heating pad on it all day today before nursing Grayson and massaging the area, both before and while he nurses. I've been getting him to empty the breast completely of milk. I've been varying nursing positions. I've been doing everything I can do. Everything I've read to do. So I'm just really, really hoping things work themselves out soon.
That's the boob update, since I know you're all just dying to know!
Grayson had ZERO interest in being put down today. He was insistent I hold him all day long. And I found him to be pretty fussy. I'm not producing a ton of milk at the moment, because I'm just starting to get my appetite back. With the fever, I ate a little, but not nearly enough to ensure a great milk supply, which (stupidly) I didn't even think about at the time. Anyway, because he's nursing every two hours, and because I'm only just starting to get my supply back up (I hope), he wasn't getting a lot of milk at each feed and I think that had him ticked off. This evening, I actually thawed some of my frozen pumped milk to top him up and he drank it all, so I think hunger was part of his issue, however, he was crankier tonight than he's ever been in his entire 11 weeks (today!) of life, so I'm not sure what that was about. He's sleeping now and I'm hoping for a better night, though, I do sort of need him up every couple of hours to nurse off my broken boob, so I think it'll be another long night for me.
So that was my day. It was still good for a bunch of reasons.
1. I am happy to be feeling better today, minus the duct, which I am hoping will just take some time to go down and that's the only reason I'm still feeling any discomfort or lump. Though I'm still not 100% and I still feel a bit "off", I'll take it considering how I felt on Sunday night and most of Monday day.
2. The cold snap has finally broken and, though I haven't been outside today, like everyone else in this frigid city, I'm so happy about this. This means that small errands I need to run with the kids no longer have to wait because if I don't have to, I'm not packing up a toddler and two and a half month old baby to go out in -35. I just appreciate that this makes us less housebound. If I'm feeling okay and up to it, I may just do a Target run tomorrow and a visit to my wonderful Pat at work.
3. Because Mr. Grayson was insistent that he be held virtually all day, today was a pretty lazy day. I did and put away one load of laundry and that about sums up the housework I did during the day. I sat in my rocking chair with him and watched tv while he slept and got up and played with him while he was awake. He LOVES it when someone is talking to him. The only problem with this is that I smile at him so much that my smile muscles hurt by the time he's done with the conversation. It was kind of nice to be a couch potato and just watch tv though. I did make up for that by cleaning both upstairs bathrooms when Jeff got home from work. :)
I'm hopeful that tomorrow brings me the opportunity to update with good news about my less swollen breast and my much happier baby.
I'm hopeful that tomorrow brings me the opportunity to update with good news about my less swollen breast and my much happier baby.
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