Australian model Erin McNaught has opened up about a motherhood issue that almost sent her straight to the hospital just weeks after giving birth.
The former Neighbours star, who is married to British rapper Example, recently revealed on her Instagram that she had contracted mastitis.
Erin, who gave birth to her second son Ennio Gleave last month, is now hoping to warn other mums of the dangerous breast tissue infection.
Australian model Erin McNaught is opening up about mastitis, a potentially dangerous breast tissue infection that left her in agonising pain over the weekend
The former Neighbours star, who gave birth to son Ennio Gleave just a few weeks ago, said the experience made her realise just how painful and serious the infection can be
The 35-year-old revealed on Instagram that the experience made her realise just how painful – and serious – mastitis, often caused by a blocked milk duct, can be.
For a few days Erin had been feeling common flu symptoms, with aches all over her body, severe fatigue, and a splitting headache.
‘I’d had suspected mild mastitis a few days before but thought it had cleared up, so I put the fluey feeling down to only getting an average of 3hrs sleep a night and being generally really run down,’ she wrote.
Erin felt okay on Friday, but the pain returned with a vengeance by Saturday afternoon.
‘I could barely even stand up and I was in AGONY,’ she wrote. ‘Turns out it was mastitis and I was going downhill, FAST’.’
Erin made an emergency call to her doctor, who came to her home at 8pm that night and prescribed a strong antibiotic she needed to take ‘straight away’.
For a few days Erin had been feeling aches all over her body, severe fatigue, and a splitting headache. She suspected mild mastitis, but thought it cleared up
But the pain returned with a vengeance by Saturday afternoon and Erin (pictured with her older son) immediately called the doctor and was given an antibiotic
Erin recently showed off the results of her intense work outs in a comparison just two weeks after giving birth. In the left she shows off her slender figure and big baby bump while the image shows her in the same skimpy two piece post partum
‘If I had left it even until the next morning, I most likely would have been HOSPITALISED and an IV antibiotic given for 24hrs!’ she added.
‘Imagine being in hospital with a newborn baby, hooked up to an IV, simply because you ignored your symptoms and tried to push through.’
‘So if you’re a new mum and you don’t feel right, PLEASE, get yourself checked out! It’s better to be safe than sorry.’
Recent health issues aside, Erin has already been getting back into fighting shape after giving birth to her baby boy.
The model, who continued to do intense exercise in the latter stages of her pregnancy, showed off her post-baby body on Instagram last week.
The 35-year-old, who shared images and videos of herself doing intense exercises in the latter stages of her second pregnancy
Erin, who is married to British rapper Example, explained it was her commitment to training that helped her keep her body strong
In the left of her collage, she shows off her slender figure and big baby bump in a tiny burgundy bikini.
The right image shows Erin wearing the same skimpy two piece after giving birth to her son just two weeks partum.
‘God I look so fresh in the preggo pic. [I] Look like I’m dying a zombie death in the PP (post partum) one lol,’ she in her caption.
The mother-of-two explained she posted the revealing pictures of herself after fan requests to show her pregnancy journey.
Erin then said it was her commitment to keeping up with her prenatal training that helped her keep her body strong.
She continued, ‘All in all, I’ve been taking it pretty easy; my main focus ATM is on trying to catch up on sleep whenever I can! Happy mumma = happy babies!’
She added that she’s since returned to exercising starting with walking and core strength work on her including pelvic tilts.
‘All in all, I’ve been taking it pretty easy; my main focus ATM is on trying to catch up on sleep whenever I can! Happy mumma = happy babies!’
Many of her followers praised her for showing her trim figure so soon after giving birth, including one who said: ‘You’re perfect! It does not even look like you’ve just given birth.’
‘OMG I’m 13 years post partum and still trying to look like that @mcnaughty #youlookamazing.’
The mother-of-two explained she posted the revealing pictures of herself after fan requests to show her pregnancy journey