Brooklyn Decker Reveals Underwire Bra May Have Caused Her Mastitis
etcanada.comBrooklyn Decker is sharing her struggle with mastitis. The actress spoke on People‘s “Me Becoming Mom” podcast about how she had a high fever and mastitis on-set following the birth of her child. “What I didn’t realize until I had mastitis — eight months postpartum with a 104 fever, it was horrible — what I didn’t realize which I should’ve known is that underwire bras can cause mastitis and can affect milk production and all that,” the star revealed.
Mastitis is an inflammation of the breast tissue that can sometimes cause an infection. It most commonly affects women who are breastfeeding.
The actress shares 6-year-old Hank and 4-year-old Stevie with her husband Andy Roddick. READ MORE: Brooklyn Decker Fires Back At Bodyshamers, Insists Her Children ‘Sucked The Life’ Out Of Her Figure: ‘I Miss My Boobs’ Since the experience, Decker has teamed up with Bodily, which is an organization that provides maternal health education and resources for women.
When her fever hit, she was “in production so [she] was wearing proper undergarments under costumes and they were like this late in the game that causes mastitis.” “You have underwire sitting on a duct and it can turn badly,” she continued. “It was horribly painful.
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