Mastitis?

Ugh I’ve been up searching the internet for too long and figured that reaching out to you ladies may be more helpful.

I’ve had mastitis before with my first child. The symptoms were textbook—the chills, fever, flu-like symptoms, red and painful boob.

This time—I’m so uncertain. My boob has been so tender since Friday night. On Friday, I took both of my kids to their grands so I could get some chores done. I completely missed feeding and didn’t think twice about it until I pumped later that evening bc my boobs were full. I usually pump just once a day and breastfeed the rest.

Friday night my left boob was a little tender but nothing out of the ordinary. Saturday-missed lunch feeding (but I can do that and usually recover just fine). Saturday night, the tenderness was much more. All Sunday-soooo painful. The thing is, there’s a few small red veins in the painful area, but they’ve sort of disappeared (or lessened). I’ve got a headache and my legs are kind of achey—but no in-your-face flu-like symptoms.

My boob really isn’t red?? Idk. I feel like this could be mastitis but it’s so different than last time (that time it also hit me like a freight train vs this slow progression).

ALL that to ask: has anyone had mild symptoms like this (with confirmed mastitis)?