EPers... anyone have the nasty stomach bug?

kel716

Nasty stomach bug is me being nice.  I don't remember being this sick...ever!  Even when I had my appendix out, I don't think I felt this bad (but who knows... I was 12).  Needless to say, I pumped from 4:30-5 yesterday.  Then the bug hit.  I didn't have the energy to sit up, and was basically vomiting from then until midnight last night.  By then I was exhausted.  I didn't even care about pumping.  So I fell asleep.  Woke up at 10 this morning, and it took me until almost 11 to get up and pump.  So that's 16 hours without pumping.  I again pumped for about half an hour and got out 9 ozs.  I didn't have the energy to go back and pump, so I went back to bed.  I just got up again.  So that's another 5.5 hours.  I'm finally starting to feel better, but I suspect this one will take a while to fully recover from.

So my question is...anyone had any experience with this bug?  I've basically gotten 13 ozs today.  I'm usually at 20-23 ozs by now.  Yesterday at my last pump I had 23 for the day.  Will just pumping more tomorrow rebuild my stash?  Or has this bug done me in???  Any thoughts are appreciated!

kel716

Oh, and I've barely ate anything... 2 pieces of toast today, and some water (when I'm awake).  I'm really thirsty so I wonder if my output has a lot to do with the fact there is little food left in me. 

flamencogal

I had the awful horrible stomach bug you speak of. ?So sorry you have it! ?I saw a major decline in supply for 2-3 days after and then it took me about 2 weeks to get back to normal output again. ?Totally sucked but I did get my supply back up. ?I didn't add any pumps, but I did pump longer when Icould. I could hardly eat or drink anything either and I think that has a lot to do with it. ?I hope you feel better soon!

flyer23

Not an EP'er, but I did get hit with a nasty stomach bug about a year ago. I ate like a cup of applesauce for a day and a half. My supply definitely took a hit, but it eventually recovered. I rested a lot (the bug hit late Sat night, and I called in sick to work on Mon and Tue -- I was tempted to go back on Tue, but my LC adviced resting more), I nursed on demand (DD asked to nurse more due to my low supply), and I added some pump sessions until I was back where I needed to be.

I hope you're feeling better, and good luck getting your supply back up! It will come back, may just take a little while.