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mastitis and givng up breastfeeding

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Naomip88 · 14/03/2015 11:05

hello! shockingly after every breastfeeding issue you could think of (refusal to latch, tongue tie, weight loss , bleeding and cracked nipples, and eventual dd refusing to latch and only taking expressed milk in a bottle, feeling really engorged due to over supply) i have got to 6 weeks breastfeeding ( i'm now exclusively pumping) but last week after my second bout of mastitis and exhaustion setting in from pumping every 3 hours i decided to ff. I waited for the antibiotics to kick in and i gradually spaced pumpings out ( getting to 3.5 hours for a day and then 4 hours and slowly increasing to 5 hours). But now I have mastitis again! it doesn't seem infected like last time (last time it was red and lumpy) but my boobs feel uncomfortably engorged and I have a fever. The gp's not open till monday and I don't know what to do. I'm gutted that its come to this as I was so intent on breastfeeding and Ive tried everything but I am so sick of obsessing about it and feeling guilty now I just want my milk to dry up so I can enjoy my dd . Should I just leave my boobs alone and try to get through the pain till it drys up? Also I've heard sudafed can dry milk up, is this true and if so should I still express till it goes?

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Naomip88 · 14/03/2015 11:12

and also if i take sudafed or a decongestant will and express will i be able to give my dd the ebm or will it get into the milk?

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stargirl1701 · 14/03/2015 12:51

What about soya lecithin? It would help prevent blocked ducts and enable you to keep pumping, if that's what you want.

Sudafed, sage tea and the combined contraceptive pill will dry up your milk, if that's what you want.

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