Possible mastits :( need advice. **update: new question**

[Emadele]

So I'm pretty sure I have mastits for the first time. Never had it with ds1 but I fit most of the symptoms. :( I havent taken my temperature yet but I'm pretty sure I gots a fever. So my question is... Since my midwife's office isn't open till Monday, is there anything I can take/do for it besides nurse and hot/cold compress until then or should I just call up the hospital since I'm 10d pp and see if I can see an OB/midwife on call? I'm not in 'omg I wanna cut off my boobs' pain. But I also don't want it to get that far.

 

per my own reply below i called the physician on call, happened to be my midwife, and got a perscription for an antibiotic.  while i was at the pharmacy i got som gentian violet.  i went to gnc to look into some probiotics but they are 40$+.  :(  is there anywhere to get probiotics cheeper?  or some other way i can try to avoid thrush?

[Emadele]

 bump *update

[jocelynred]

as for the probiotics.... i got them at Walmart in the past. around $20 i think. or you can just eat yogurt. DanActive has extra in it than regular. they make other dairy products with probiotics added also. you just have to look at the packaging.

[mypbandj]

Probiotics ARE expensive. You can also eat cultured yogurt - that has probiotics in it too. 

[Emadele]

Is once a day sufficient? Or would I need to eat more than that?

Quoting jocelynred:

as for the probiotics.... i got them at Walmart in the past. around $20 i think. or you can just eat yogurt. DanActive has extra in it than regular. they make other dairy products with probiotics added also. you just have to look at the packaging.