OH What a Day!!

Today was something else! I woke last night with a small fever which kept increasing over the night. It was soon followed by aches and chills. It felt like I was hit by the flu...but nothing else was bugging me...except for the "girls." I took Tylenol and tried to sleep some more. By day break, my fever was 100 even. hmmmm. What is going on?? I called the ob/gyn office. Can it be mastitis (an infection of the "girls")?? I felt miserable. The fever kept going up with the Tylenol in me. By the time I went to the doctor's it was 100.7 degrees. Enough already!!! The nurse practitioner saw me and thinks that the "girls" were either engorged from not completely emptying each pump or that we caught mastitis early. By the evening, my temperature was up to 101.5!!! I rarely have a fever that high. I am now on an antibiotic and pumping ever 2 to 3 hours instead of the 4 that I was doing. Jessica had my milk for a month. I think I am going to get rid of this infection (pumping or feeding on the infected "girl") is actually a way for it to clear up and switch to formula. This pumping thing is way to demanding and I had enough trouble fitting it in while I was home alone this week going 4 hours between! I feel very upset that I will not continue with it - but she has gotten my best milk and there is nothing wrong with formula. It will be way less demanding on me and we need a happy mommy so that baby stays happy. Right now, mommy is not happy! Feeling better though. My fingers are crossed that the fever has broken (or the Motrin I switched to is doing a way better job then the Tylenol did all day). I just took it and it was 98.6. This is still a slight fever for me as I am usually in the high 97s.