So after 4/5 days of feeling flu-ish then gastro-ish I decided to go to the doctor.
Good idea!
He seems to think I may have the dreaded Swine Flu! Oink!
He isnt 100% certain and has based his diagnosis on symptoms not a test. Because I am breastfeeding Faith and because there is no definitive certainty that Tamiflu is safe in breastfeeding we decided to try a general antibiotic first, if by this time tomorrow I am not feeling better at all then I will go onto the Tamiflu.
Im really really grateful that I am a very good cow and that I have a freezer full of stored breast milk. Today and up until I have to go onto Tamiflu I will be expressing after every feed or between if I feel ‘full’ so that I can add to the stock.
Then, if I do have to take Tamiflu I will bottle feed Faith from the supply and ‘pump and dump’ as many times a day as possible while I’m on it so that I can keep my milk supply up.
I really really hope that I start getting better because I really dont want to bottle feed Faith (she hates it) and I dont want to compromise my supply.
I hope you feel better soon and that it is not swine flu. You so lucky to be a good cow, I was a terrible cow.
WOW!
I hope you feel better soon.. more importantly I hope that its not swine flu…
xoxoxox
Oh good lawd woman! Swine flu!??! Where on earth would you have picked that up!!??!
Oh no!! I hope you feel better by tomorrow. 🙁
Oh no!! Hope you are better soon!
Good on you for doing all that expressing – I dont envy you.