Breastfeeding mammas

Anyone else got sick at 4 weeks pp and 6 weeks ?
My lg is 6 weeks 6 days and since early morning today I got headache and body heaviness and so tired, feverish.
I just fed the baby today and give it to her dad. No energy to hold her. My right breast is tender , at 4 weeks it was left breast. I know at 4 weeks milk supply gets increased and there are chances of mastitis.

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That sounds like the start of mastitis. Call 111 or go to A&E immediately. It's it a time critical condition if it is mastitis and can quickly turn to sepsis.

Hopefully it's not but better safe than sorry xx

This sounds like mastitis. I was struck down on Sunday seen the out of hours GP and got antibiotics. I’ve never felt so unwell in my entire life. I feel much better but poor babies tummy is suffering from the antibiotics 😭 x

I have mastitis and it came on soo fast just a sore boob, then I started having cold shivers and it ramped up pretty fast, was seen Monday given antibiotics, they didn’t work, been back today for different antibiotics, I am unable to feed from that breast as I have green discharge coming from it, I haven’t been able to eat anything neither which is not good! I’ve been sooo sooo poorly! X

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