Posts by schmaela

Thanks for the help mama. The whole breast started to hurt/burn/ache today so I went to the doctor. He said he was 95% sure it was mastitis, so he gave me an rx for some abx. He told me to keep up with the heat, massage and vitamin C and...

I posted a few days ago about a plugged duct. I'm pretty sure that is gone (no more redness and no pain in breast) but now my nipple hurts really bad! It also seems a bit swollen. The only other time I hurt this bad was in the first few...

Thanks mamas :

Kind of a rant here... I have a plugged duct. Same exact place as last time. I'm doing all I can to make it better (massage, frequent nursing, vitamin C, rest, heat, no bra etc) and I got a little blob of white crap to come out of the...

Hey mama, this might be a little nosy, but what size are you? I'm a 34f-g and I'm thinking about trying this one out. I just don't want to spend $50+ and hate it.

Ok, thanks mamas. I'm going crazy here because shes teething/has bug bites/ is going through some kind of growth spurt and is Queen of the Crankypants. : Thanks for the suggestions. I forgot all about the baking soda trick

My 7 month old DD has a couple of bug bites. I'm pretty sure they are mosquito bites and they are driving her nuts. Is there anything I can put on them to allieviate itching? I read the label on my diphenhydramine/hydrocortisone cream...

Awww crap I'm terrified. Nobody warned me about this "exciting poop" thing. Thank goodness Lily prefers the boob to real food

Just this Saturday I nursed through most of a Tool concert. The whole place was filled with teenage/young men. Now they all know what boobies are really for ***Don't worry, we were in the lawn seats at an open-air venue and DD had...

DD has had the same problem on and off forever! I just run a humidifier and use the booger bulb alot! If her snot gets really gooey I use saline drops to loosen things up. As long as her appetite is good and she's hitting her milestones...