Mastitis

Daddy Here:
Last Wednesday Amy woke up and noticed that one of Peyton's milk jugs (her boobs) was very sore and hard. She scrambled around for answers. Where was the book from Birthing Class that gave her instruction on what to do? She burned through Google searching for anything she could do. She also set up an appointment at the doctor to get it checked out. It was Mastitis. Nobody wanted to put her on antibiotics because of the side effects that could find their way to Peyton. Instead, she found the Cold Pressed Castor Oil (Thanks Claudia!) and immediately soaked a rag with it and placed it on the infected boob. She also started taking Vitamin C and tried to feed or pump every hour and a half. At the end of the day, she was exhausted, but the boob was better. She beat the infection in a single day, or so she thought. Friday it reappeared and lasted through Friday night and into Saturday. We went out and bought the next ingredient in the battle against Mastitis, Echinacea. It was not helping. What would she do? Antibiotics are Bad, but severe Mastitis would be even worse. She kept on the same regimen as Wednesday with the addition of Echinacea, but it was not going away. She went to bed Saturday night disappointed. She woke up Sunday morning and it was gone again. We are proud to announce that it has stayed away and we are planning on keeping it away.
On a sidenote, the amount of Vitamin C that she was taking certainly did some exciting things with Peyton's Poop. Smelled different, looked different...OH MY!