I think I have Mastitis...

So I think I've done pretty well for myself.  Having breastfed most of our kids (didn't get to nurse Ivy, but she did get the milk that I pumped for her) and not getting mastitis ever...until now.

Yesterday afternoon I noticed some tenderness in my right breast while I was nursing.  It wasn't bad, and I didn't think much of it at first.  But by about 8:30 pm it was pretty painful and I started feeling sick too.  I went to bed at 10pm (which is pretty early for me).  During the night I was freezing!  I got extra blankets, cuddled with my warm baby and tried to warm up, but it wouldn't work.  I finally shivered myself to sleep and woke up at 3:30am soaked in sweat.   I felt terrible and I'm pretty sure I had a fever, so I asked Scott to give me some advil, and then I went back to sleep.

Morning came and I still felt pretty crappy, so Scott walked Corbin to school for me and I lounged around for a while.  Eventually I decided that a warm bath would help loosen up the clog in my breast, so that's what I did.  I noticed my breast had some red streaks across it and I tried to massage out the lumps.  It was painful.   Anyway, that was a few hours ago, and I'm starting to feel slightly better.  I read that Mastitis doesn't always need antibiotics to clear up, so I'm trying to wait it out for a little bit longer, but if I don't start to feel much better soon, I'm going to give the doctor a call.

Stupid mastitis.  Its ruining my day.