My poor baby sister. She is nursing and has a blocked milk duct. If you have ever experienced this horrible thing, you are cringing with her even now. I have had this happen with all 5 of my kids during nursing. With my 5th baby I had full blown mastitis.
It happened on a warm day, which is why I became alarmed that I felt so darn cold 😦 We had done our family grocery shopping together and half way through the store I started feeling ‘icky’. Not super sick, I just felt like I needed to sit down. I could also tell it was time to nurse the baby soon. I just figured I had over done it that day because I tend to ignore my body’s warning signs that I may be going too far. My folks have always teased me that I only get sick when my body needs to rest ‘for real’.
Anyway, by the time I got home I was dizzy and very nauseated. I made it to the base of our stairs. My hubby was very concerned. He was walking behind me asking “what’s wrong, are you okay?” I was too dizzy to answer. I crawled up the stairs on my hands and knees. I pulled myself into the recliner in our bedroom and asked for a blanket. Hubby wrapped me up in the blanket but I still felt so cold. At this point hubby was near panic. He ran for the thermometer and my temp was 102.6 (very high for a person who doesn’t do fevers at all). Hubby called our doc and drove me straight in for the appointment. Sure enough, it was full blown Mastitis. I had guessed what it could be because my best friend had the same thing happen with her second baby. I knew what I was probably looking at by knowing her experience. After antibiotics it cleared up, but holy cow what a painful and crazy experience.
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That sounds completely rotten! I’m glad I have you and Mom to help talk me through things, but I wish you didn’t have to experience them firsthand 😦