I've been on antibiotics and Tylenol/Motrin since Friday for mastitis. Yesterday and today I'm seeing a decrease in the amount that I'm pumping while at work.
Is this normal with mastitis? If so, how long will it take for my supply to come back?
Thanks!
Re: Supply Dip with Mastitis?
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Hang in there. Mastitis is the worst.
I had mastitis in mid March and my supply just hasn't been the same since for me. While I was going thru mastitis I tried to keep my water intake up but obviously that's hard when you have a high fever and just want to sleep. So I don't know if I have taken in less water than I did before mastitis or what. But I am pumping 3 times a day at work and I am just or barely getting enough milk for 1 bottle. She is taking 7 oz, twice a day at daycare. I have a hugh freezer stash so I have always been sending 1 bottle a day from my frozen stash. So then any more fresh than 7 oz goes into my freezer. I used to pump a lot more than I do now. Sometimes I don't even get 7 oz from my 3 pumpings. Then I had a pumping before I go to bed at night. I don't know if mine is a combo of things, maybe less water intact, I have stopped pumping on the weekends in early am and before bed (but I did that quite some time before mastitis hit me), more stress with my job this time of year. But I feel like my supply just hasn't been the same since I had mastitis a month ago. Hope you can bounce back. Have you tried power pumping? I did that with my son to try to boost my supply.