Breast Feeding Part 2

I wish I could say it's all butterflies and unicorns now.  I would have thought that at SEVEN weeks postpartum, I should be able to say that.  If we only talked about one side, those are some pretty gorgeous butterflies.  But unfortunately, there are two boobs and the other side is a two headed dragon and just won't.get.better.  Ugh.

Zoe now nurses on the left like a champ.  No shield required.  I can barely even feel that she's doing anything (don't worry, I listen for the swallows so I know she really is doing something).  I can reach for things that I need, I can blow my nose (yes, colds have been going around our household), etc.

Then enters the right side.  I dread every time I have to switch to that side.  It makes me completely dread when the clock gets close to the next time to eat.  It's completely toe curling, bring water to my eyes pain.  I'm popping ibuprofen like it's my job.  It's not getting better and it's been SEVEN weeks.

I had my six week postpartum checkup on Monday and had her look at it then.  White spots had shown up which she concluded were yeast.  So now I'm treating a yeast infection (which started the weekend before).  She didn't say much about the other trauma, but to be fair, I didn't ask and I don't think it was noticeable while I was there.

After yet more sobbing fits yesterday to the OB nurse, my lactation consultant, my mom, and Aaron (yes, there were a lot of tears), I had another appointment today (I sobbed in the exam room too).  The doctor still thinks it's yeast even though the white spots are gone.  Our new plan is to take the yeast medicine for the next 14 days (she upped the dose).  She also prescribed a new cream to use.  If this isn't starting to help things heal by mid next week, I have an antibiotic I can use in case it's a bacterial infection.

So far, the cream has been much better than the other one I was using.  I'm also going to pump a bit more this weekend while Aaron is home and can help give a bottle.  This should help provide a little relief while things (hopefully) heal.

Let's hope this does the trick.  Fingers crossed.  Who knew this would be probably the hardest part about having a baby for me?  Let's hope that there is a "Part 3" to this saga very soon and it's ALL butterflies and unicorns...