Wow.

[rivka]

Michael brought home my antibiotic prescription at 6pm last night, and I took one right away.

At 8pm, when I nursed Colin to sleep, I had to grit my teeth to keep from yelling in pain when he latched on.

At 10pm I took a long hot shower and hand-expressed some milk. It hurt, but not as much as I expected it to.

At 11pm Colin roused when Michael and I came to bed, and I nursed him. It was a little uncomfortable but not too bad.

Middle-of-the-night nursing didn't hurt at all. And today I still feel vaguely ill and achy, but my breast doesn't hurt and I'm not shaking with chills.

Dicloxacillin, you are my new best friend.

Update to add: Ow pumping still hurts ow.

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I was expecting that I would probably feel much, much better in 24 hours. I was not expecting to feel much, much better in five hours. Those are some GOOD DRUGS.

[ailbhe]

I've heard of people whose mastitis responded to the *first dose*...

... who then stopped taking them. Don't do that :)