One more Mastitis question

elizhope · May 2013

Here is the timeline of what happened.

Monday- sore breast, thought it was a clogged duct, I felt fine

Tuesday- Morning - Breast waaaaayyy more sore, felt fine

Early Afternoon- Breast killing me, felt like I had the flu, headache, chills, nausea, 101 fever (took tylenol)

Bedtime - started to feel better, fever down to 98-99(took tylenol)

Today- Headache, breast still sore but not as bad, no more "flu" symptoms, no fever

My question: This morning DH picked up an antibiotic my gyno called in for me. Do you think I need to take it? Im nervous about taking it bc of thrush or it hurting my supply, but if its the only way to get rid of the mastitis, I will. Its something like dixocillian 4x a day. Thank you ladies for your thoughts!

BrittKav · May 2013

I had a very short bout of mastitis when DD was just a few days old that resolved without antibiotics. Were I in your position, I would probably skip them.

emriley84 · May 2013

I would call your OB and ask, maybe they will have you just keep them and start them if symptoms return. FWIW, I took the same antibiotic because mine wouldn't get better on its own and it did not hurt my supply or cause thrush.