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For me, it took about two days for the fever to subside and I was sore for another couple of days. It might have been better if I had been able to rest, but I was solo-parenting two children and still needed to take them to school/care for them when they were home.

Feel better!

Ugh so sorry. Mastitis is the worst. I remember I already felt like shit due to sleep deprivation and then I all of a sudden felt like a truck hit me. But the antibiotics kicked in within 8 hours if I recall.
I called my sitter and had her come the next day...I slept for 5 hours in the morning and I’m not a napper.

I was feeling better within 2 days. Tell your doctor you want Diflucan to prevent thrush - not only because it sucks for you but treating a baby with thrush is so annoying.

Pump when you can and scrub your nipples well and use a heating pad on your boobs in bed.

Hugs.

I felt better within 24 hours of starting antibiotics. No side effects, although I did take a probiotic and ate a lot of yogurt. Definitely get the antibiotics if you have mastitis, it's no joke. I felt fine when I left the house that morning and was so feverish I was almost passing out by the time I got to work 30 minutes later. I had to call DH to get me and take me straight to the doctor.

@periwinklebee: I was using regular probiotics or eating yogurt, but honestly, I always ask for a Rx for diflucan (which is an anti-fungal). You don't have to take it if you don't want to, but its nice to have on hand. I was basically like "ITS MASTITIS, IM DYING, PUT ANTIBIOTICS AND DIFLUCAN ORDERS IN, I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THRUSH OR A YEAST INFECTION WITH A NEWBORN KTHNXBAI."

Chiming in to agree on the probiotics!!

When I took antibiotics back in 2011, it cleared all my gut flora so then I was suspectible to another infection, which I got, and it was C Diff.... literally sh*tty. My drs THEN told me to always take a probiotic with an antibiotic, spacing out the doses.

For the original question, I was luckily, my fever cleared in a day. Also I took Tylenol every 4 hours religiously.

@2littlepumpkins: @periwinklebee: I def could be wrong, I don't remember the lead up to c diff, I just remember the 5 weeks of having it. It was intense, painful urgency and there was definitely blood. I was on the verge of going to the ER twice which is saying a lot bc the ER costs me at least $1000 everyone I go.

I think c diff is mainly contracted in medical facilities. I always thought I picked it up at the urgent care that prescribed me the original course of antibiotics. Have you been to a medical facility other than the hospital 2 months ago and your ob a couple weeks ago?