And I thought we were done with this topic

My boobs are killing me.  I mean killing. It’s been over a week since our last nursing session.  Courtney’s strictly been on the sippy cup for 9 days.  And as of this morning, my right boob is throbbing and pulsing and just now leaking.  Nine days later.

It was a bit sore last night when I went to bed.  But then I couldn’t sleep on my stomach.  At all.  My right boob was in pain.  And when I woke up this morning, I thought I was going to have to go to the ER.  OK, maybe not quite that bad but it’s bad.  I ended up expressing it and I was pretty surprised at how quickly the milk came out.  Although, as Paul said, I spent 10 months building up that supply, it’s not like it’ll be gone overnight.

But a week later?  I really would have thought that if I was going to get engorged, if my boobs were going to get sore, it would have happened in the first 48 hours or so.  Not 9 days later.  The underside of my right boob feels as though it has pebbles in it.  Literally.  I looked online and don’t think I have mastitis but as I’d never had it before, what do I know?  I don’t have a fever though and my boob isn’t all red and streaky looking.  But man, it hurts.  But I don’t want it to get too bad as mastitis is serious and I’m going to VEGAS this weekend and I can’t afford to be all laid up with boob issues.  Those issues just wouldn’t go with my outfit.

Anyone know anthing about boob pain when weaning?  Mastitis?  How long this should last?  When will this improve?  Mah boooob!!!