Ugh- woke up with a cold sore :(

sunshine336

I hate cold sores.  This one popped up in the night with no warning- I didn't even feel it at 4:30am when I got up to feed M (unless I was too tired to notice).  It's not all blistery looking yet, just a red bump so I'm sitting here with an ice pack on it, hoping to stop it in its tracks.

Now it's even worse than before when I'd get them b/c I have to be so careful around Maya- it's really hard not to kiss her.

Every time I get one I google cold sore remedies but I never really find anything that seems to help.  Anyone got a treatment that works for them?  I already texted DH to pick me up a new toothbrush, and I've got the ice on it. 

DowagerCountessofNJ

I got one last Friday...right before family portraits.

I use an ice pack to help the swelling and I pop the blisters as soon as they show up and put peroxide on them and them slather it with Abreva like 12 times a day.

It was hard not kissing DD especially since I'm a lip kisser.  If I  had to kiss her I kissed the top of her head.

Blenderson

Oh no! I hate cold sores... grrr... DH never gets them. I really hope LO doesn't get them, I would feel awful. 

Mrssjb

Don't laugh but Preparation H works wonders for me. I have gotten giant nasty ones since I was little (every November without fail and one the morning of my wedding). And of course in high school and even college you get the mature girls who say "GROSS you have herpes!" ..*sigh* I just gave up on explaining it and would respond that I was jealous of their chlamydia or something. But yeah the cream will reduce the swelling and the redness.

LittleSteph

Valtrex. Your doc can write you a script.