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XP: Milk Storage and Thrush

craziheazocraziheazo
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I have "suspected" thrush in my breasts. I'm on Diflucan and Nystatin cream.

Can I still freeze my breastmilk or will we get reinfected when it gets used?

TIA!

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Re: XP: Milk Storage and Thrush

  • hannah&benhannah&ben

    From Kellymom:

    Using milk frozen during thrush treatment

    Milk frozen during thrush treatment can be given to baby without a problem while you are still being treating for thrush.

    Many sources recommend that mothers do not freeze expressed milk for later use when they are being treated for thrush. We do know that freezing deactivates yeast, but does not kill it (Rosa 1990), so there is a theoretical risk that milk expressed during a thrush outbreak could reinfect baby at a later date. However, there have been no studies that tell us whether or not this defrosted milk is really a problem.

    https://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/thrush/thrush-expressed-milk.html

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  • craziheazocraziheazo

    Thank you so much!

    Your search of Kellymom was definitely better than mine.  New mommy brain I guess!!

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    NP!!
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  • LucyPevensieLucyPevensie member
    we are twins!  ha!  so should i dump the milk i froze earlier this week you think?  that's gonna be painful...  Crying
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  • craziheazocraziheazo

    imageLucyPevensie:
    we are twins!  ha!  so should i dump the milk i froze earlier this week you think?  that's gonna be painful...  Crying

    Here's what I've decided to do: I'm going to freeze it and mark on the bags that it is thrush.  IF I end up with a decent supply before I go back to work, I'll throw it away.  I'll probably call the pedi too just to ask his opinion.  If you have to pump and dump (I did for 12 days) it does get easier. I just can't bear to do it now, because I'm 12 days behind building up my stash. 

     

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  • alchrisalchris member
    I had thrush from 3 weeks to 5 1/2 months, so literally ALL of my frozen milk had thrush.  Unfortunately we lost it all in a freezer breakdown, but I had full plans to use every drop if I could have.  DD never got thrush even though she was EBFed.  (We're still nursing, but thankfully I haven't had thrush since May.)  Best wishes!!! :)
    Pregnant with #1 with PCOS and LPD, success with mostly naturopathic treatments
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