I am at my wits end, not willing to wean over it, mind you, but sick of this happening.
Starting at the 4 month mark with every baby, I have gotten mastitis every 4-5 weeks. I nursed DD1 for 3 years and DD2 for 2 years, and DS is almost 6 months (and I am trying to get over case of mastitis #3 since he was born). I didn't get mastitis at all when I was nursing DD1 while pregnant with DD2 (so from when DD1 was 14 months to 22 months).
What gives?? Has this happened to anyone else?
It is not a hormonal cyclical thing as far as I can tell since it starts at 4 months and I didn't get AF back until DD1 was 12 months and DD2 was 15 months. DD1 had her throat cultured to see if she was a carrier of strep during a particularly awful bilateral case when I was nearly hospitalized. She wasn't a carrier of anything. My milk has never been cultured as my doctors don't ever ask to see me - I just tell them my symptoms over the phone and they call in antibiotics (and encourage me to wean once the baby is over a year
). I try not to take the antibiotics - I only do it if I'm not feeling better on my own after 2-3 days.
I believe it is related to oversupply but I have never been able to fix that. I pump each morning since I wake up so full and get 10-12 ounces. If I don't pump, I never stop feeling full throughout the day (I have let this go on for weeks) and I feel like that is just a huge set-up for mastitis.
Any ideas? Or anyone else that has gone through this so at least I don't feel like the only person this has ever happened to? I am just so frustrated. I love nursing but this is getting old.
Starting at the 4 month mark with every baby, I have gotten mastitis every 4-5 weeks. I nursed DD1 for 3 years and DD2 for 2 years, and DS is almost 6 months (and I am trying to get over case of mastitis #3 since he was born). I didn't get mastitis at all when I was nursing DD1 while pregnant with DD2 (so from when DD1 was 14 months to 22 months).
What gives?? Has this happened to anyone else?
It is not a hormonal cyclical thing as far as I can tell since it starts at 4 months and I didn't get AF back until DD1 was 12 months and DD2 was 15 months. DD1 had her throat cultured to see if she was a carrier of strep during a particularly awful bilateral case when I was nearly hospitalized. She wasn't a carrier of anything. My milk has never been cultured as my doctors don't ever ask to see me - I just tell them my symptoms over the phone and they call in antibiotics (and encourage me to wean once the baby is over a year
). I try not to take the antibiotics - I only do it if I'm not feeling better on my own after 2-3 days.I believe it is related to oversupply but I have never been able to fix that. I pump each morning since I wake up so full and get 10-12 ounces. If I don't pump, I never stop feeling full throughout the day (I have let this go on for weeks) and I feel like that is just a huge set-up for mastitis.
Any ideas? Or anyone else that has gone through this so at least I don't feel like the only person this has ever happened to? I am just so frustrated. I love nursing but this is getting old.
