Local Couple arrested for endangering newborn baby

I'd have rather had the c-sections again. Pain doesn't even explain it when even a t-shirt caused shooting pain. It was horrible but it clears up SO fast when put on the right antibiotics.

Yeah - it caused a lot of damage to the duct with scar tissue. If something is going to happen, it's likely to happen from the damaged tissue.

Mastitis is a staph infection that happens in the breast from nursing. Most often it's started with a plugged duct (the milk duct gets clogged and the milk cannot drain from that active sinus to be drained through nursing - usually occurs from sleeping wrong, a too small bra, nursing in a position where the baby can't drain the breast fully or even just a lot of stress can do it), and starts with localized pain and a bruised feeling. When the pain gets worse and you suddenly feel like you have the flu with fever, chills and body aches, it's mastitis. I've had it twice. The first time, I saw my ob and he put me right on antibiotics and it cleared up in a day. It's important to continue nursing through this time to keep the breast empty. What happened to me the second time was that I got the localized infection but with getting the wrong prescription (called my regular doctor rather than my OB which was my big mistake), the infection was allowed to get worse and increase in area - and the staph bacteria got into the bloodstream. At this point, it takes IV antibiotics to clear it up or else it can lead to an abcess that actually has to be surgically drained which is NOT a good thing. So we caught it just at the beginning of the extremely serious point but it still damaged one of the lymph nodes, the one duct and the sinus that produces the milk.

My biggest reason for starting the new mom's class at our church was because of the lack of experienced moms having contact with the new moms. I also want to be able to speak to moms about some of the more damaging "parenting experts" out there who are pushed as wonderful Godly people when their teaching is just so wrong. Also, so many moms have NO clue about nursing, diaper rashes, feeding babies, car seat safety and more AND they need some outside contact so that they don't feel so isolated. We have a church that's about 1000 people and we have a good number of babies so this group has been a great blessing to many. Right now I don't have a group running (I graduate them to a local MOPS group) but we just had a bunch more babies who have been born recently so I think I'll make up an announcement to see how much interest there is. If we get 3 moms, I'll start up a new group. I honestly think that each mom who has had a few kids should somehow feed their hard-earned knowledge into the new young moms in the world. I was fortunate to have my mom and grandma around, although they were clueless with nursing so they couldn't help me at all with that. So many new moms nowadays don't have anyone who can help them - because their own moms are busy working and doing their own thing. Titus 2 women are really a rare thing, unfortunately.

 

If she were given antibiotics, it was not thrush. Thrush is a yeast infection and can be CAUSED by antibiotic use and antibiotics do nothing for it at all. If the antibiotics cleared it up, it was likely mastitis instead but it sounds like thrush was also involved since you said your son had the white spots in his mouth which is definitely indicitive of thrush. If she had both, it is definitely harder to clear up.

My mother felt the same way about the chemo when she got breast cancer - and she died 2.5 years after her diagnosis. Honestly, if I were to get breast cancer, I'd fight it every step of the way including doing chemo if needed. I have 3 friends who are just at the other side of all the chemo and they're doing great and 2 others who are now 5 years cancer free with the chemo. All those I know who fought is without the chemo (when their doctor's recommended it) didn't make it.

I do agree that the mamogram has radiation but I think it's also a very good way to find something before you can even feel it. One friend of mine is on our ladies retreat right now and is a survivor from finding a VERY hard to find cancer (she never would have felt it with a self exam) and she thanks God for the fact that she kept up on her mammograms. The ultrasound/sonograms also work well in conjunction with the mamo and a good breast doctor will know what to use at the right time. It's important to find a doctor who is good and who you trust because they're worth their weight in gold when it comes down to it.

You're a wonderful husband to have made the appointment for your wife. Take her out for a nice dinner afterwards to make it a little more pleasant.