Comments on: Mastitis: One Mom’s Journey And Advice http://mommynewsblog.com/mastitis-one-moms-journey-and-advice/ Breastfeeding Support and Guidance from moms who have been there Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:26:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Jen http://mommynewsblog.com/mastitis-one-moms-journey-and-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-6332 Jen Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:03:58 +0000 http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=2515#comment-6332 I got mastitis kind of late in the game, it seems... my daughter was a little over three months old when I plugged a couple of ducts running in an ill-fitting sports bra (my usual one was dirty). I'm no stranger to plugged ducts but it didn't seem like my usual methods (hot compresses, nursing solely on that side, massage, etc) were working and soon it became hot, swollen and red. I had minor sweats/chills that night and I woke up feeling pretty crappy the next day. It soon progressed to running a fever of around 104 - 105 and I dragged myself to the nearest walk-in clinic (as my OB had no appointments until the afternoon) for some antibiotics. The fever lasted two full days before it broke down to something more reasonable. The combination of medication and the continuance of hot compresses/massage/frequent nursings helped me get over the infection. The poor-fitting bra started it and stress helped elevate it to mastitis (it probably doesn't help that I've struggled with oversupply with both of my children). I will have to say that I had to laugh at this article in one spot -- "Healing mastitis includes plenty of rest, canceling all activities and going to bed." I'd love to, but I have a totally unsympathetic four-year-old and an equally unsympathetic three-month-old... there's no such thing as 'canceling all activities and going to bed.' I got mastitis kind of late in the game, it seems… my daughter was a little over three months old when I plugged a couple of ducts running in an ill-fitting sports bra (my usual one was dirty). I’m no stranger to plugged ducts but it didn’t seem like my usual methods (hot compresses, nursing solely on that side, massage, etc) were working and soon it became hot, swollen and red. I had minor sweats/chills that night and I woke up feeling pretty crappy the next day. It soon progressed to running a fever of around 104 – 105 and I dragged myself to the nearest walk-in clinic (as my OB had no appointments until the afternoon) for some antibiotics. The fever lasted two full days before it broke down to something more reasonable. The combination of medication and the continuance of hot compresses/massage/frequent nursings helped me get over the infection.

The poor-fitting bra started it and stress helped elevate it to mastitis (it probably doesn’t help that I’ve struggled with oversupply with both of my children). I will have to say that I had to laugh at this article in one spot — “Healing mastitis includes plenty of rest, canceling all activities and going to bed.” I’d love to, but I have a totally unsympathetic four-year-old and an equally unsympathetic three-month-old… there’s no such thing as ‘canceling all activities and going to bed.’

]]> By: Sara Bautista http://mommynewsblog.com/mastitis-one-moms-journey-and-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-6329 Sara Bautista Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:30:33 +0000 http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=2515#comment-6329 I started to develop mastitis about 2 weeks postpartum, and my midwife speculated that it was brought on by exhaustion (like the article says) and stress. (Hmm, the fact that my mother-in-law was visiting for the first time ever may have had something to do with that....) Anyway, the point is that the midwife recommended that I slice fresh potato and put this on the tender parts of my breasts. (She said garlic would work too but that baby may not like it). It was so amazing! I would keep the potato in the fridge, and replace when the slices grew warm on my chest. The cool was so relieving, and apparently helps draw out milk from clogged ducts. Worked like a charm, and I never had problems after that. I started to develop mastitis about 2 weeks postpartum, and my midwife speculated that it was brought on by exhaustion (like the article says) and stress. (Hmm, the fact that my mother-in-law was visiting for the first time ever may have had something to do with that….) Anyway, the point is that the midwife recommended that I slice fresh potato and put this on the tender parts of my breasts. (She said garlic would work too but that baby may not like it).

It was so amazing! I would keep the potato in the fridge, and replace when the slices grew warm on my chest. The cool was so relieving, and apparently helps draw out milk from clogged ducts. Worked like a charm, and I never had problems after that.

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