Rough Week.

So I haven't been keeping up with this very well this past week and its been because I really haven't been feeling well. I have had a bit of a hard time getting over a hump with recovery. It turns out that none of my stitches dissolved from my episiotomy and I started to develop an infection. That meant I had to take antibiotics. (After I had the doctor scrub the area with peroxide and remove all the stitches for me) The first dose was topical and lets just say that didn't go over well. Ouch! Then I stated taking oral antibiotics and no one told me that they could lead to a yeast infection. Ya, a yeast infection of the nipples! Sorry if that is too much information, but that's what I got! I didn't know until Wednesday when I went to the lactation nurse because I was having so much pain breast feeding. She helped me with latching and gave me some new attachments for my pump and said to keep going with nursing Kennedy. It turns out that it is pretty painful to keep nursing so I am just keeping up with the pumping as much as I can and supplementing her with formula. She doesn't seem to mind and it is helping a little. I got Kennedy some drops for Thrush to put in her mouth even though she is not having symptoms. My doctor wouldn't prescribe me anything for the yeast so I am just using over the counter stuff. Hopefully when my antibiotics are done in a couple days, I will start to feel better and maybe be able to get back to nursing.

Tom has been such a big help to me today. He has pretty much taken care of her all day with the exception of when he went to the gym. He got home and cleaned and did laundry and let me sleep. That alone made me feel so much better.


All snuggled up in the swing.