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Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / February 2005Ow ow ow
DD4 has been a nursing champ, not including the weight gain issues. We've been through many a course of antibiotics without thrush, or with easily treated thrush. All of the sudden at 8 months, nursing hurts! Like clench your teeth, first week of nursing a newborn hurts. I was on antibiotics last week for an eye infection, so I started taking acidophilus and then when I felt a twinge of thrush started treating with Nystatin. That didn't work, so it was on to Genetian violet. Now it just plain hurts. It hurts most when she latches on, but continues to hurt while she's nursing. What do I do next? Denise > DD4 has been a nursing champ, not including the weight gain issues. We've > been through many a course of antibiotics without thrush, or with easily [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Denise Take a pregnancy test? If it's thrush ... never had this so I don't know. I do wonder why you have had to take so many courses of antibiotics? Once I stopped thinking that was a good idea ... I've managed to stay away from antibiotics for me and my kids and stay in good health for about three years so far. -- Dagny Mom to Meg, 10/03 RD, 1/05 > Take a pregnancy test? My husband's out to sea. It's definitly not that :) > If it's thrush ... never had this so I don't know. I do wonder why you > have had to take so many courses of antibiotics? The antibiotics were for DD, minus my one course for my eye infection. She's been ill with pneumonia and recurring ear infections despite tubes. She has immune system problems, so as anti-medication as I would like to be, she needs them. Denise > DD4 has been a nursing champ, not including the weight gain issues. We've > been through many a course of antibiotics without thrush, or with easily [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > most when she latches on, but continues to hurt while she's nursing. What > do I do next? Did you give DD4 some acidophilus too? What works best for me is treat baby with acidophilus and/or nystatin and then I use miconizole on my nipples 4 times a day (you can buy it over the counter as a vaginal yeast cream (monistat 7)). If it is yeast you may need to do oral diflucan, you'll need to see your doctor to get a perscription. Kellymom has some links to Jack Newman's info on yeast treatments: http://www.kellymom.com/newman/index.html I hate thrush. Mary W. Maybe a silly question, but what's going on with her teeth? Harry is teething big time right now, and is still not used to his new bottom front teeth, so nursing him is very, very painful (he's not biting, his teeth are getting in the way).  SignatureMelissa Baby Harry arrived 7/28/04! (remove "NOSPAM" to reply) > DD4 has been a nursing champ, not including the weight gain issues. We've > been through many a course of antibiotics without thrush, or with easily [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Denise > Maybe a silly question, but what's going on with her teeth? Harry is > teething big time right now, and is still not used to his new bottom front > teeth, so nursing him is very, very painful (he's not biting, his teeth > are getting in the way). No teeth, no starts of teeth :) None of the other girls got teeth til after 12 months, so I'm guessing she'll be somewhere in the same time frame. Not a silly question at all. Denise Denise, Are things getting better for you yet? Are you for sure it's thrush? What have you tried so far? I have tons of thrush advice but don't want to post it if you have already tried it or have decided it is not thrush. Leslie > Denise, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Leslie If it's not thrush I don't know what else it could be, as my nipples are white and itchy/burning/ick don't touch me feeling :) So far I've tried the monistat stuff from the drug store, I've eaten a butt ton of yogurt (which is not something I enjoy), nystatin cream on me, and genetian violet, all while treating DD with the nystatin orally. The pain has lessened or a little, but I still dread latching her onto the right side. The left side is fine. I'm open to any advice that'll make it feel better. Denise I'll tell you everything I remember doing during my epic battle with thrush a few years back. I put vinegar on my nipples after every feeding. I also used tea tree oil on them and sprinkled them with acidophilus, along with the ointments--I used lotrimin, micatin, and tinactin to get all strains of yeast. In addition to eating yogurt, I switched to all whole grains, quit eating dairy except yogurt, and cut out sugar. I went to the health food store and got a supplement called yeast-away; I don't remember what all was in it. I took extra vitamin c, acidophilus capsules, and other supplements I can't recall--yu could google it though. Eventually I got oral Diflucan from my OB. That's allI remember ATM. Good luck, I know it's miserable. Leslie |
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