When my firstborn was about a week old, I was a mess. Although I had had the textbook natural labor/delivery that I had hoped and prayed for, I had a hard time adjusting to life “on the other side.”
I was exhausted, sore, achy, and had the memory of a 90 year old alstheimers patient. So, when I started getting an odd pain in the back of my head, flu-like muscle aches and chills, I didn’t think anything of it. I figured it came with the territory. It wasn’t until my mother-in-law said I should call my doctor that I started to think maybe something was wrong. I rang the nurse and told her my symptoms. She immediately suspected mastitis…
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It was generous of you to share your experience for the benefit of new moms. Your post is excellently written. Thanks for sharing it so we could stop by.
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Thanks so much, Maggie! I hope no one ever needs most of the tips in this post, but if so, I hope they are helpful!
I wasn’t able to breastfeed, but I’ve heard about this and it is something that I’m glad I didn’t have to go through.
BUT, last year my mom got this horrible pain in her boob. Mastitis. Yes. You can even get it when you are not breastfeeding. How wrong is that?
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Good grief, that IS wrong!! Did they have any idea why/how she got it??
Going over now to read the rest of your story. Thanks for linking up to Domestically Divine.
I wasn’t able to find your direct link over at HH.
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Thanks for letting me know!! The link is http://www.thehumbledhomemaker.com/2011/09/breastfeeding-challengesmastitis-guest.html#idc-container. I’ll see if I can fix it. Sorry about that!!