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Lack of mommy milk - illness

1/10/2013

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I was extremely ill for more than a week (almost didn't make our trip). The tests showed I did not have strep nor the flu, but whatever I did have it knocked me on my butt. It kept me in bed for days. George was wonderful as he would come home between shows to put the baby to bed. I laid on the bathroom floor and let him crawl around me until George got home - I couldn't move my body hurt so bad.

The doctor thought I had a virus similar to mono - and I agree. My throat was sore for six days, I didn't eat or really drink and had a low grade (101+ fever) for four+ days. And my body ached from head to toe. I did get over this virus faster than when I had the quasi-viral resurgence about four years ago. I nearly didn't make the trip as I wasn't sure if I had enough energy to travel alone with baby.

I'm glad I did make the effort as my mom had taken off a week of work and this allowed me to rest up. The one main problem was that because I was given an antibiotic I had to pump and dump for five days. With traveling I only had enough milk to make to Minnesota with two extra bottles. I discovered on the plane that Colton no longer thought formula was an acceptable form of beverage so when my mommy supply nearly stopped I began to get quite anxious.

I'm glad I packed the herbal more milk plus pills. These along with Gatorade and pumping every 1 - 4 hours (day and night) finally got my supply back up to 24+oz/day. This is still 12 oz short of what I was making prior to falling ill, but at least it's enough for baby C to get what he needs.


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