Between mothering and working (wait, aren’t those the same things?), we know you have your hands full. The good news is, you’ve got an extra set of little helping hands right under the same roof.

I call it ‘the breastfeeding tax’ for a reason: mastitis (along with thrush and plugged ducts) feels like the price you pay for breastfeeding. And it’s a painful one. Mastitis is an inflammation of ...