When mom becomes a milk machine, and my weekly menu

So last week I came down with mastitis. I guess 1 in 5 women get it in the first few weeks after giving birth. Great – I love being part of those types of statistics.

I noticed Wednesday that I wasn’t feeling that fabulous and by mid day I knew what was coming. So I started nursing baby on that side first and as often as she wanted. I even pulled up KellyMom.com but unfortunately didn’t have any of the natural remedies that were mentioned in the house. I could feel a fever coming on and I broke out the pump, fighting it every step of the way. Another round of antibiotics was not what I wanted. So that’s where I was for 2 days last week. Pumping and Nursing. Nursing and Pumping. And the water, oh the water! I drowned myself in as much as I could handle. After awhile I felt like cow out to sea!

Thursday brought around a high fever and body aches so after trying for 2 whole days to rid myself of it, I finally called in to the doc for a prescription. I’m now midway through the pills, and now I’m afraid of what 2 rounds of antibiotics in 5 weeks are going to do to my body.

So I’m overhauling my diet again. I’ve been lax on controlling the amount of sugar I eat (which of course also hurts my immune system) and I know I haven’t been eating enough green veggies. I also need to make sure I’m eating enough “good bacteria” so I’m going to try and make a yogurt or kefir smoothie most nights.

Monday:
breakfast – whole wheat blueberry muffins, banana,
lunch – salad
snack – fruit
dinner – steaks, baked potato, broccoli
snack – smoothie

Tuesday:
breakfast – soaked oatmeal with maple syrup, orange
lunch – tuna sandwiches, cut veggies
snack – fruit
dinner – homemade macaroni and cheese, steamed veggies

Wednesday:
breakfast – scrambled eggs, toast, fruit
lunch – salad
snack – fruit
dinner – burrito bake
snack – smoothie

Thursday:
breakfast – soaked oatmeal, smoothie
lunch – egg salad sandwiches, cut veggies
snack – muffin
dinner – roast chicken, mashed potatoes, steamed veggies
snack – homemade popcorn

Friday:
breakfast – omelets with veggies
lunch – homemade chicken noodle soup
snack – fruit
dinner – salad, spaghetti
snack – smoothie

Saturday:
breakfast – GF pancakes, fruit
lunch – leftovers or eat out
dinner – homemade pizza with side salads
snack – possibly gonna try and make ice cream with honey

Sunday:
breakfast – fried eggs, fruit
lunch – beef stew with lots of veggies
dinner – salad
snack – smoothie