Our blog is basically my journal so I am about to vent about my terrible week last week! Please don't read on unless you want to join my pathetic pity party.
The week started with a case of mastitis...which was horrible and super painful! I was miserable for a few days (felt like I got hit by a truck!) but then I just had a really sore boob with an infected/plugged duct and my milk supply plummeted. My goal was to pump for six months - well we almost made it! I converted Mason to straight formula and he was actually doing great =) Then on Wednesday I had a doctor appointment in Longview - to get my episiotomy (which six months later still has not healed...) checked and figure out what they can do to "fix" it. I get told that I need to try topical treatments for another month and the next step will be steriod injections... At least I didn't have to get cut open (yet again!). However, this means I have to apply cream to my episiotomy site six times a day and take an antibiotic four times a day (on an emtpy stomach)...awesome! (Hope you can sense the sarcasm...) So after the doctor I decide to stock up on formula for little man. Its amazing how much he goes through these days! Long story short - seven stores later we can't find a single can of his formula. I now have to drive back into town (Astoria) and our Safeway has two cans. I come home and plan on ordering some online - only to find out that his formula got bought out by another company and is no longer being made. REALLY?! Now we have to start back at ground zero and try to find another formula his tummy will tolerate. Just not my week! Not to mention I had class on Saturday (Mason had his first sleepover Friday night...), a TON of homework to do and then Mason got a cold and was not sleeping (still isn't...I think he is trying to get a tooth?!).
In the end all is well...thank goodness. We easily found a different formula which turned out to be a blessing because it costs half as much. I have also officially finshed pumping. The black bag and I said our goodbyes on Sunday night! It is a relief to not be hooked to a pump every three hours! As far as the episiotomy only time will tell... I think #2 may be a c-section! I also survived school - barely! Remind me not to procrastinate...it really does make life much more stressful!!!
That's my sob story of the week. I know there may be TMI - but I wanted to have a record of this ridiculous week and that in the end I did survive (and in the grand scheme of things it really wasn't that bad!). And just to point out this of course all had to happen when my husband was on the boat...always seems to work out that way!
3 comments:
Oh Sabrina, I am so sorry for your crappy week. And it sounds painful! I hope you heal soon! And if it makes you feel any better I had to have surgery on my bumm back in May and I had to use a cream twice a day for a month and I won't even tell you wear I had to put it, but you can imagine, and it's worse than what you imagine, TRUST ME! so I feel your pain! Hope things turn around and you have a better week this week.
Oh my gosh! What a crummy week! So sorry! And of course it all happens when Kev is gone! BUT yay for finding some good formula AND for being done with that darn pump! Trigg has his two front bottom teeth now....he would get pretty cranky! Hopefully Mason transitions well and his teething doesn't get too bad! Hope this next week is much better for you guys :)
Oh you poor thing! Nursing and infections is so scary. I am glad you found a formula that works and is cheaper than the other stuff! Guess stuff does work out in the end. Hope you have a better week next week! Thinking of you!
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