Charlotte's story - a mastitis journey
About this episode
Charlotte Bowie shares her experience with toddler breastfeeding and her ongoing battle with recurrent mastitis.
This week I’m speaking to the lovely Charlotte Bowie from Oxfordshire, mum to nearly three-year-old Felix, about toddler breastfeeding, extreme sleep disruption (including split nights), and her struggle with repeated bouts of mastitis. Charlotte’s recurrent mastitis has spanned across nearly three years, including multiple antibiotic courses, a confirmed breast abscess drained via ultrasound-guided needle aspiration, and a later hospital admission with suspected sepsis. She also shares anxie...
People in this episode
Host: Emma Pickett
Guest: Charlotte Bowie
Topics covered
- toddler breastfeeding
- mastitis
- sleep disruption
- parenting challenges
- health issues
Keywords
- mastitis
- breastfeeding
- toddler
- sleep disruption
- health
- parenting
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Oxfordshire
More episodes of Makes Milk with Emma Pickett: breastfeeding from the beginning to the end
- Alexis' story - breastfeeding a baby with a cleft palate
- Naomi's story - breastfeeding grief with a 2nd journey
- Jessica's story - inverted nipples, breastfeeding grief and finding solutions
- The Bradford project - poems and stories
- Alice's story - diabetes, feeding in pregnancy and a self-weaning journey
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Makes Milk with Emma Pickett: breastfeeding from the beginning to the end podcast page.