Mastitis

So last Saturday, March 1st, I woke up with a terrible pain in my left breast. Assuming I was just overly engorged, I got out my pump and began pumping. It was the most excruiating pain next to giving birth. I instantly began feeling naseous and flu like. I hopped in the shower and had to hop out immediately because I was dry heaving. Joel was like, what the heck is going on here? We were supposed to go to his parents house that day because it was his mom's birthday, but I couldn't drag myself to get ready. So Joel bundled up Baker and they left. I took some ibuprofen and began to feel better so I headed over about 2 hours later.

When I got there, my breast was still in terrible pain so I asked Joel's mom about it. She asked if it was red and hot. I said yes and it feels like there is a lump. She right away told me to call the on call doctor. So I called and it happened to be the doctor who delivered Baker, so he knew what my situation was. He immediately said that I had mastitis and called in some antibiotics and pain killers. That night I ended up having a terrible migraine and a fever of 103. It was seriously the worst I have felt in a long time. I've been telling people that I would rather give birth 10 times in a row then feel that again! The worst part was that I had to keep nursing and pumping! Ughh! I finally felt better a couple of days ago, but boy! Try to avoid that if at all possible!