I have so much to say. What its been like since the babies arrive. Life with NICU babes. The help & support from family & friends. Babies coming home! Sharing pictures, pictures, pictures! But for now that’ll have to wait.
At my two week postpartum appointment Monday morning, my MFM diagnosed me with Bell’s Palsy. I noticed issues drinking a diet coke bottle early last week. Then I looked in a mirror & saw that my smile didn’t go up on my left side. And by the end of last week, I noticed my left eye was tired/twitchy. I kinda thought all this was being tired or stressed. I was relieved Mon actually to know it was actually something know & not me going kinda crazy. I’m on breastfeeding safe steroids & have a follow up with an ENT at the beginning of July. My MFM said this could go away within days, weeks, months. It’s a motor issue only. I can’t feel that my smile on the left doesn’t work. But it does kick my butt to read. To watch too much TV. To play online. So I’m way behind on reading blogs, keeping up on Twitter. Instead I’m snuggling babies & hoping this goes away soon, so I can catch yall up on the fun.
7 replies on “Bell’s Palsy”
My mother had bell’s palsy. I know it can be scary. But she completely recovered. Email me if you need anything/have any questions for her. Congrats on the babes! They are beautiful.
I’m so sorry, Suz. I hope it goes away quickly! Can’t wait to see more photos of those babies of yours!
Oh no! I’m sorry you’re dealing with this. I hope it goes away soon!
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Hi there!
My finance has bells palsy this past week. We have a 3 month old baby.
She is breastfeeding. What is considered a “safe” drug to use?
Mark
Mark, Im sorry y’all are dealing with this! I was prescribed a steroid for a week that was breastfeeding safe. I honestly don’t recall the name. But before I took it, I cleared it through my MFM, LC & NICU doctors. I did wonders for the Bell’s palsy but I could still tell I wasn’t normal for another couple weeks. I believe kellymom.com is the breastfeeding safe medicine go to resource. Best of luck!
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