So, woke up this morning. Had breakfast. Took a shower. Threw up. Went to Doctor.
Being investigated for a possible infection. Or could be the vomiting bug that’s going around.
She is sending a referral to psych for me, just in case this antenatal depression turns into post natal depression (PND). Its not guaranteed that it will, but it is, of course, possible. This way I will be on psych’s radar again and will get treated fairly quickly if it becomes an issue.
She also said ‘it is better to bottle feed and be functioning on drugs than to insist on breast feeding and not functioning at all.’ She has a point.
I really want to breast feed, it is so good for baby and for me. But if I can’t, I can’t. I will come to terms with that, sometime in the next 15 weeks.
So I’m off work for at least the next week, until the possibility of infection is cleared up one way or another. If I do have an infection, then I may be off another week, not because I’ll be contagious, but because I’ll need to take care of myself and the baby.
I’m sure work is thrilled. I know I would be, if I was them…
FEEL BETTER SOON:)
Get Well Soon!
(Also, I was bottle fed, and survived the experience)
That advice? That’s genius. Sara was about 80% bottle fed (on the really expensive Soy based stuff!) and she seems pretty much OK. 🙂
Functioning Mommy > breastfed, any day of the week.
You know I’m the biggest breastfeeding cheerleader there was. The are LOTS of different drugs for depression that can be taken while breastfeeding. If you still want to try to breastfeed:
1) Even though all of the health agencies in the world recommend at least 1-2 years, ANY amount is better than none and
2) I encourage you to look up Dr. Hale’s website – there is lots of Q&A about all sorts of drugs and their effects on breastfeeding.
At the end of the day, if you’ve tried everything that is safe and they don’t work to keep you even keeled, then you’ve tried and there is NO guilt for wanting to stay functional.