Hi, after some help if anyone has any experience in this.
I am looking to stop breastfeeding whilst having a bad case of Mastitus. As a bit of background, I got Mastitus 1 week after having baby girl which after almost 4 weeks now still hasn't cleared. First time it hit I was readmitted into hospital and since then I've been on oral antibiotics at home to try and clear it...I'm currently on 4th type which hopefully will work but I've gone through this before... it seems as I get to the end of a course things settle but couple of days later it resurfaces.
It's been very difficult to continue breastfeeding throughout this and now feel the time has come to call it a day so I can actually enjoy feeding our little girl without having to dread it. It really has been a struggle physically and mentally. The only reason I carried on till now was that the first week she was born I had no problems - latched straight away and off i went for the rest of the week - I just kept thinking I should be able to get back to that but thars far from it!
Midwife mentioned oversupply and fast flow which is causing baby girl to compress when feeding adding more pain on top of Mastitus.
I stopping breastfeeding yesterday when things started to go backwards whilst on the 3rd course of antibiotics- GP prescribed 4th type and said if it doesnt work I'll have to go straight back to hospital. Since then I've been expressing at regular intervals in replace of feeds. Havent yet shifted the redness and hard lumps but working on it as I have done previous weeks.
I plan to gradually increase time between expressing, with heat and massaging beforehand.
Has anyone experienced anything like this and can offer some much needed help?
Many Thanks