Longish update

I think I'll do these as separate posts, in case I have to stop in between, because the chances of that are high :).

We took Jude for his checkup on Monday morning. Our regular doctor was out sick and I was really bummed, but the PA was great after all. I hope I didn't offend
her too badly when she walked in and I said, "Oh! You're not Jeanne! I
thought we were seeing Jeanne!" LOL!

He gained 3 oz already and it turns out he is 21", not 19 1/4", which
doesn't surprise me. Our midwife had a hard time getting him to
stretch out!

Everything checked out perfect, although I have a lump under my arm.
I'm going on antibiotics to see if we can resolve it because I have a
fever too (mastitis probably, but it's hard to say because my breasts
are so engorged and sore). If it doesn't go away in 2 weeks, I have to
be referred to a specialist and have it checked into further.

I'm thinking it's a galactocele (cyst filled with old milk that has
gotten hard) and that can be needle aspirated with a local anesthetic.
Oh joy!

The midwife is not thrilled that I went on abx, but I'm taking probiotics too. With the hx of cancer in my family, I don't feel I can mess about and wait to see what happens. I have to be here on earth to take of all my babies.

Nursing is going well other than the engorgement which I had from Friday night through Tuesday night, when it started to ease. I was getting awfully tired of cold packs and hot showers. I was starting to feel like the only thing I could think about was my breasts. Things are great now though.

Argh, Soren just came in and is waking the baby up, so we'll see how much longer I have to type ;).