Janelle has started to sleep longer at night. There are times she will only wake up once for her feed instead of twice a night. On Tuesday, I brought her out for a gathering. She fell asleep while on our way there but woke up to the noise and sounds at Swensens. As there were other babies around, Janelle kept staring and looking at the others around her. She only took a nap when we were on our way home and totally knocked out after I fed and bath her for the day.
She was so tired that she did not wake up for her feed that night. I kept waking up at the timings which she usually feeds but she did not wake up. I delayed pumping the milk as I was afraid that she will wake up and has nothing to feed on. I only started to pump at 5.30 am after 7 hours since the last feed. I did not pump all the milk and wanted to feed her when she is awake. However she did not manage to clear all the milk. As the day drags on, the accumulation of the milk in my breast increased and I could not clear it by pumping. The milk ducts was blocked. It was then I started to develop a temperature. I suspected that I was having a fever and asked hubby to come home as soon as he could. While waiting for him to be home, it was a torturous wait as I still had to take care of Janelle.
When hubby reached home, I took my temperature and found that I had a fever of 38.8 degrees. I went to the doctor and was advise to consider stop breastfeeding. As I am breastfeeding, the Doc could not give me stronger medication to curb the high fever. By giving me weaker medication, it could mean that it will take a longer time for me to recover. If I could not clear the block ducts I may have to undergo surgery to release the milk. Hence I was asked to return for a follow up consultation on Saturday.
Luckily I could clear the blocked ducts after using cold compress and taking a warm bath. The fever has subsided and I felt much better already. This was really a terrible experience for me. I will not be lazy again and will wake up min 4 hourly to pump out the milk.
