Hi All,

Re: mastitis, i am still taking the course of antibiotics (a bit slack on my part). The lump has gone but my nipples are really sore from Ela sucking on them really hard a few days ago. I had to call the ABA today as i couldn't get a let down with Ela sucking on them really hard again (my poor nipples), her being grizzly and my milk still being in my bbs. She had slept from 6.30am to 10.30am, so i had heaps of milk but couldn't get a let down. The ABA told me to express until a let down occurs then give Ela my bb to do the rest, a warm pack on the bb and just relax! Easier said than done- the relax bit as i tense up when my bbs are so full b/w feeds and want to ease the pain. I didn't know that she'd sleep for that long otherwise i would have expressed some out. I have started to relief express in the middle of the night as Ela has set a routine of sleeping 6-7 hours when i put her to sleep at night. I really don't know when to stop expressing, but stop when the milk stops squirting out and begins dripping. I will call the MCHN to ask on Monday.

BBl to do personals as Ela is grizzly, she has been ALL day!

Take care.