….or so I thought I did.
I woke up yesterday with aching inner thighs and a very painful left boob. My entire body was aching too.
I thought nothing of it and we went out for Dim Sum lunch with my God-mum. Then we went shopping and I had a hair cut. I wasn’t feeling well the entire time but since we were already out, I beared with it.
When we were at the bank, my mum thought hard on why I had inner thigh muscle pains. She finally remembered that I:
I also did tons of work in one morning. It’s noon now and I’ve already:
- did 2 loads of laundry
- change bedsheets
- picked up all the dog poop in the backyard (Which is, like, a lot.)
Uh huh. That’s why. I had been squatting in our backyard picking up the mountain of dog poop.
At least we solved one mystery.
When we got home, I tested my temperature and it was a freaking 38.8 degrees Celsius!
Nad blamed it on me working too hard and doing too much at once too soon. Mum blamed it on me going out to the backyard with only a towel round my body to catch Kelly – I didn’t close the back door properly and Kelly ran out. Mum saw and shouted that the cat is outside while I was in the shower and so I rushed out in the cold, dripping wet.
Basically, they blame me for my downfall. That I brought it upon myself.
HOWEVER, today I did some research online and found out that I’m having mastitis / blocked milk ducts.
My left boob feels very sore and tender and high fever is usually accompanied with such cases.
I’ve also found out that it’s caused by Chubbs not attaching properly and therefore not draining the boob effectively, which leads to a clogged duct and to mastitis.
He attaches well on my right boob though. It’s just the left one that he’s always had problems with since birth.
Ah well.. who knew something as mundane as not attaching properly could turn into something so ugly?
My mum is going home on Thursday. I better get well by then! Will be seeing the doctor tomorrow if I still have a fever in the morning.
I hate this fever (which is 39 degrees the last I checked). I hate being sick when I have kids to look after. I better get well soon.
