DD2 is 5 weeks old & the last two nights has slept a 6 hour stretch. I woke up this morning at 4am with extreme body aches, chills & a fever of 103.5. I hardly ever get fevers so this is really high for me. I immediately thought mastitis because I don't have any other flu like symptoms but I don't seem to have any redness or blocked ducts-- I have been engorged due to her sleep change. Could this be just the beginning of it? Any experience with something similar? I have a message into my OB but haven't heard back.
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Sounds like mastitis to me! The last time I had it, I felt fine but my joints were aching and I couldn't get warm. My temperature went up very quickly (I was at work) and my vision started shimmering. I didn't have any breast pain but I went to nurse my daughter and saw red streaking on my breast and I knew that's what it was. I hope your doctor gets back to you soon!
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Yep. It sucks!
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Yes that’s it! Fever and hit like a truck. My ob called in the meds and it took a while for them to kick the fever but then I felt so much better.
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The redness and blocked ducts came AFTER the flu like symptoms for me. I'd get the drugs.
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If it's an online message you sent in, I'd call again and just schedule an appointment ASAP if that's the only way you'll get any medication. Sorry - mastitis sucks, and that would be my first thought.
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Sounds about right. I'd call because they might just phone in antibiotics for you, they did for me.
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Thanks all. They called in a prescription. They also said to take a probiotic 3-4 times a day and give it to baby too to avoid thrush. Seems like one thing after another here! Any experience with giving probiotic to baby--she's only 5 weeks.
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@MommySLP: You can find a probiotic powder made for infants and mix a little up in a bottle of freshly pumped/expressed milk. It dissolves and its tasteless. If you don't want to use bottles, you can syringe it.
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@gingerbebe: great exactly what I needed to know. Thanks for your help!
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@MommySLP: I'd only mix up just enough milk to dissolve the powder - like a tablespoon or two - since you can't really keep and reuse the probiotic milk. It sorta curdles the milk to like, breastmilk yogurt!? I don't know its weird.
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@MommySLP: the probiotic we have for the kids is just a liquid. Like vitamin d drops. Just drop onto the tongue.
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@Mrs. Champagne: that's what I ended up finding. Thanks!
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