The life of a cow - Part 2

So all these engorgement business were going on. I tried not to miss / delay any feeds. But hey, I didn't have much say - E's the boss. She was going almost like clockwork for her feeds - every 2 hours, which is good.

But being a baby, there were a few times when she was overtired and refused to feed. That spelled MASTITIS.

Mastitis = Feverish + flu like symptoms + sore breasts.

It was a good 48 hour of hell. I felt like was run over by a truck, 10 times. Or 10 trucks, at one time. The treatment for mastitis (apart from antibiotics) is to nurse, nurse, nurse.

But, was worried about overfeeding E too - she's a little reflux baby, spewed almost every other feed. There was even once she spewed while she was asleep. We didn't realise as we were not in the room. When we got back to the room, her bassinet just looked a little odd - there seemed to be some sticky white stuffs all around the bassinet. And I nearly fainted when I saw little E being covered all over by vomitus, but still soundly asleep.

That aside, the symptoms of mastitis pretty much settled after the first dose of antibiotics went in. Then onwards, mastitis never quite recur. We have the occasional missed feeds, delayed feeds, but was vigilant to keep myself comfortable and well looked after.