I've just come through a lovely couple of days! On Saturday I escaped from the children to get my hair cut and coloured for my sister in law's wedding. I usually love getting time alone and intended doing lots of shopping while I had the chance. But nature had other plans... I took a splitting headache which put an end to my shopping plans and I felt ill all evening. Normally Saturday evening is an excuse for a couple of glasses of wine and some television when all the children are in bed. But I was first to bed this weekend!
During the night I woke up feeling hot, then cold. Then I noticed the pain in one breast. Mastitis! I know what causes it. I know how to treat it. But I still don't like it! I took Jack into bed and tried feeding him. And I repeated this throughout the night. I tried the warm shower, the massage, expressing... but nothing helped.
By Sunday morning I had a huge lump in my breast and it was agony. I was having hot and cold sweats and most of the day was spent in bed! But it couldn't last much longer, could it?
Sunday night was again spent feeding Jack and massaging the blockage and breaking out in sweats. So on Monday I gave in and asked my GP for an antibiotic. But I was too sick to pick it up. My sister said she would collect it but she didn't get time to go to the chemist and didn't give me the form until almost 6.00pm - by which time all the chemists were shut.
Then to top it all off my washing machine leaked all over the utility room floor in the middle of a wash!
So last night was another early night for me! Thankfully, the pain is not so bad today but there is a giant red patch on my breast. Now I am worried it may turn into an abscess! I'm not sure if I should take the antibiotics since I feel better or should I take them because of the red lump?
And I still haven't sorted out the washing machine problem!
I've just come through a lovely couple of days! On Saturday I escaped from the children to get my hair cut and coloured for my sister in law's wedding. I usually love getting time alone and intended doing lots of shopping while I had the chance. But nature had other plans... I took a splitting headache which put an end to my shopping plans and I felt ill all evening. Normally Saturday evening is an excuse for a couple of glasses of wine and some television when all the children are in bed. But I was first to bed this weekend!
During the night I woke up feeling hot, then cold. Then I noticed the pain in one breast. Mastitis! I know what causes it. I know how to treat it. But I still don't like it! I took Jack into bed and tried feeding him. And I repeated this throughout the night. I tried the warm shower, the massage, expressing... but nothing helped.
By Sunday morning I had a huge lump in my breast and it was agony. I was having hot and cold sweats and most of the day was spent in bed! But it couldn't last much longer, could it?
Sunday night was again spent feeding Jack and massaging the blockage and breaking out in sweats. So on Monday I gave in and asked my GP for an antibiotic. But I was too sick to pick it up. My sister said she would collect it but she didn't get time to go to the chemist and didn't give me the form until almost 6.00pm - by which time all the chemists were shut.
Then to top it all off my washing machine leaked all over the utility room floor in the middle of a wash!
So last night was another early night for me! Thankfully, the pain is not so bad today but there is a giant red patch on my breast. Now I am worried it may turn into an abscess! I'm not sure if I should take the antibiotics since I feel better or should I take them because of the red lump?
And I still haven't sorted out the washing machine problem!