The Ramblings Of Jenn Shuey

If I’d known I was going to find myself in even more pain than what my back was giving me I would have never complained about my back.  I woke up this morning thinking all was well because my back wasn’t hurting me.  After a couple hours of moving around the back pain was back, and it had moved into my butt.  I did some housework, a load of laundry and a load of dishes, and that worked the kink back out again, but I started to feel a little down and out.

As the day progressed I started feeling like I was coming down with something.  I thought maybe I was just feeling down because I’ve been stuck in the house all week, so I decided since it was pretty warm today to load Elliana up in her Snugli and walk next door to my Grandparents.  My Grandma had already called me begging me to “go somewhere so I can keep that sweet thing tonight”, so I knew she’d enjoy the company and give me a little break from mothering.

While I was there I started to feel kind of like I was coming down with the flu, so I figured I’d maybe picked up a virus or small bug somewhere.  I laid down on the couch until Hubby got off work and met up with me.  I still felt a little ran down, but I thought resting for a bit had done me a lot of good.  We decided to go ahead and run our errands while my Grandma kept the baby, so we headed off to Walgreens to pick up my free photo collage I ordered yesterday, and then we headed to Ruby Tuesdays for our once a week “us time” since we had a coupon that’s about to expire.

Ok men…you may want to stop reading right here because the rest of this post will pertain to feminine things such as boobies…but not in a good way.

Half way through the meal I started feeling like total crap again, so decided to save our trip to Walmart for another day.  On the way home I started feeling really sharp pains in my right breast, and by the time we picked up Elliana it felt like someone was stabbing me with a knife every time my arm brushed into my breast.  I figured it was probably because Elliana has been eating less during the night (waking up for 1 less feeding), and I’ve been kind of engorged the last 2 days.

When I got home I took off to the shower to see if that would relieve my pain, and I found my right breast is swollen with a huge red lump.  I immediately knew what that meant, so I called my doc and left a message saying I think I have mastitis…what do I do?  She called me back within 10 minutes (which I wasn’t expecting), and told me to get myself in bed with the baby and to stay there.  Luckily I don’t have a fever yet, so there’s a good possibility Elliana can “suck it out”.  Plus your body has a hard time recovering on it’s own if you’re not getting that much needed rest.

Think I’m going to complain about being sent to bed to do nothing?  Heck no!  I’m going to follow doctor’s orders by spending quality time with my little girl.  I’ll also have my netbook, so I’m sure I won’t get bored!  I may even start doing some research on hotels in new orleans. Hubby and I have talked about going to Mardi Gras for a couple years now, but we just haven’t had the time or funds to do it. We obviously can’t go this year because of the baby, but next year she’ll be big enough to leave with a grandparent while we take a baby free vacation. I say it’s never too early to start planning if I need to save up the cash to go, so if I’m confined to the bed I might as well go ahead and start planning!

We’ll save all that for tomorrow, though.  Tonight I need to get myself in bed as soon as Elliana is finished with her current meal.