Miserable Mastitis

It turns out that sickness I wrote about on Sunday was much worse than a simple head cold. Since I still wasn't feeling well come Monday night and I still had a "clogged milk duct" I decided to look up Mastitis to see what the symptoms were. Sure enough, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding described my problems to a "T". After talking to a friend who said I needed to go to the ER as soon as possible, I decided to check my temperature to see if I was running a fever; I wasn't, but I was in pain from the clogged duct. I called the OB department of my hospital and they transferred me to my midwife. She told me that since I didn't have a fever that it would be safe for me to wait until the morning to call the office for an antibiotic. First thing this morning, I called for an antibiotic and have been taking it all day today. Hopefully, the medicine will help clear this up for good. Mastitis is pretty miserable and I don't ever want to feel this way again.