if you've had mastitis...help please!

atlantic

Did it come on fast? I felt a little run-down today (surprising since i got a pretty good night's sleep - V didn't wake me up once) and then toward the end of the day my body just started aching.  A little bit ago, i started getting major chills.  BUT - i don't have breast tenderness or redness at all.  I do have a fever over 100. 

colleenor

mine started like that, except i had tenderness in the boob...by the end of the day, it was really sore and i had red streaks following the veins. 

i would call your OB tomorrow and just see what they think...i did that and they called me in an antibiotic which helped tremendously.

hope you feel better!

Kim777

Mine was also like that, but with some tenderness. It just felt like a plugged duct. I thought I was getting the flu: fever, chills & body aches, but then realized it was actually mastitis.

HSartteach

Mine came on the same way.  My breast was really red--not streaky though.  It eventually peeled (like sun-burn).  I had a very high temp and chills (I couldn't stop shaking--like I had when I was in surgery for my c-s)...I could hardly bf my child...I didn't want to do anything I felt that bad. I would call your OB and get on med asap.

atlantic

ew,

MrsBeckO

Going to bed one night I felt kinda crappy, just exhausted and achy but I didn't think I was getting sick. One breast was a little sore, but nothing that particularly alarmed me, I just thought maybe I was getting a plugged duct. I woke up a few times in the wee hours of the morning vomiting, had a fever and my breast felt MUCH worse. Went to the OB and within 24 hrs of antibiotics I felt much better but it took 2 days for me to feel back to normal.  Came on quick.. sucked BIG time.. but was easily kicked to the curb. 

libbyann

Mine came on very quickly. I was at church and I felt achy and like I was getting a cold. My breast was tender, but really just felt like a plugged duct. By the time I got home 2 hours later, I was having chills, had a 101 fever, and felt like someone had repeatedly punched me in the boob as hard as they could. Anything at all touching my breast, even just a t-shirt felt like fire. I had bright red streaks that followed my veins and had a really really hard time getting any milk out of that side - pumping, hand expressing, or letting Will nurse.

Antibiotics helped within 4 hours of taking the first dose and I felt almost all better 24 hours afterward.

amyinaustin

similar to PPs -

the first time I had it, I felt exactly like you describe.  I'm not even sure what made me look up the symptoms in one of my BF books but I did.  Then I lifted up my shirt and noticed a red mark on one of my boobs, it was pretty faint though.  I would say I had my symptoms like yours for about 4-5 hours before I discovered the red spot.  Fever was about 101-102.

The second time, I had boob pain/swelling and no aches/fever for a couple of days - then the fever came...and the aches.

Sorry you're dealing with this.  Talk to your Dr for SURE tomorrow and nip it in the bud before the weekend!!!  hope you are feeling better soon.

atlantic

Hmm...so I still have a fever this morning and feel like crap but still do not have breast pain. So I'm thinking its prob not mastitis. But I'm going to the dr anyway this morning since its friday and just to be safe.