Lauren Burnham and More Celebrity Moms Share Their Mastitis Experiences Over the Years

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Lauren Burnham and More Celebrity Moms Share Their Mastitis Experiences Over the Years

Moms battling mastitis. Troian Bellisario, Chelsea Houska and more celebrity parents have struggled with breast tissue infections while nursing. The Teen Mom 2 alum opened up about the “horrible” condition in September 2018, one month after giving birth to her daughter Layne. "This is the first day that I don’t feel like I’m dying since Thursday,” the former MTV personality, who is also the mother of Aubree, Walker and Watson, tweeted at the time. "I never want to go through it again.” As for Bellisario, the Pretty Little Liars alum described her “complicated” relationship with breast-feeding in August 2019. [jwplayer vHi7IYKe-zhNYySv2] "My milk came in immediately (so lucky!) my daughter has always eaten well (little bit of reflux but all good) and breast-feeding her was never painful or frustrating (SO RARE) but the mastitis, waking up in the middle of the night to pump, pulling off on the freeway to pump, or hiding in dark corners of houses while pumping or else I can’t sleep it’s SO PAINFUL … having to be conscious of everything I put or do not put in my body (it’s been almost two years if you count pregnancy) and that means alcohol, medication, even melatonin!” the actress wrote via Instagram at the time. "I can’t even join in all of this cool CBD stuff that’s happening.” The Los Angeles native added that despite “hating” pumping, nursing Aurora had been a “joy, an honor and a no-brainer." The University of Southern California grad, who gave birth to her and Patrick J. Adams’ second child two years later, gushed, "My body has made it easy for us and I have loved every moment I get to spend this kind of time with her. Not every mother gets that. I don’t know if I will have it for much longer, but I will always take care of her and do what is best for us. (Once again f--k pumping. Love you forever babay girl).” Lauren Burnham and Tiffany Thornton have also opened up about their mastitis experiences over social media. The Bachelor alum was hospitalized in July 2021, while the former Disney Channel star debated whether or not she should go to the emergency room the following month. Keep scrolling to hear from more stars, from Meghan King Edmonds to Jaime Pressly. [podcast_block]

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Cortney Rae Hendrix

The Married at First Sight alum shared her February 2022 mastitis journey via Instagram Stories, writing, “The redness and pain in my boob is significantly down. But so is milk production. Thankful to be on the mend and don’t wish that on anyone!”

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Lauren Burnham

The Shades of Rose designer joked in an August 2021 YouTube video that she would rather "give birth 10 times" than experience mastitis again.

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Tiffany Thornton

The Sonny With a Chance alum experienced an 103-degree fever and body aches in August 2021, telling her Instagram followers: "Hopefully by tomorrow, I will start to feel a lot better. This is lingering."

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Audrey Roloff

In February 2020, the Little People, Big World alum exclusively told Us Weekly about her "reoccurring mastitis," saying, "I've already had it four times."

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Troian Bellisario

The actress "would never have thought" breast-feeding would be so difficult.

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Chelsea Houska

"Mastitis is no joke," the South Dakota native tweeted.

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Meghan King

The Real Housewives of Orange County alum called mastitis the "worst" pain she has experienced in her adult life. "I didn’t know how I was going to take care of my babies, every joint ached and I couldn’t sleep because of how terrible I felt," she wrote in a July 2018 blog post. "I finally woke up a few hours later drenched in a puddle of sweat so soaked that Jimmy asked me what the heck happened. And this was AFTER two rounds of antibiotics.

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Jaime Pressly

"When I had my son I got mastitis, but I didn't know because I thought it was just regular breast-feeding pain," the My Name Is Earl alum said during an August 2014 The Talk appearance.