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Hesitant to start treatment for yeast

sishamariesishamarie member
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I saw my dr. Today for my 6 week check up and mentioned that my nipples are pink on the tips and feel raw and sore. Based on that description she explained about yeast growning and prescribed nystatin ointment even before examining my nipples.

Im hesitant to start treatment if this is perhaps normal? Or if possibly caused by a bad latch? It doesnt hurt at all to feed so i think my latch is good.

Does anyone have any expirence with yeast that can put some perspective on this?

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Re: Hesitant to start treatment for yeast

  • inluv4life2inluv4life2 member
    Don't wait. Use the ointment! Sounds like the start of thrush and it hurts like a B!!
    I hope to create a real siggy but first I need some sleep!

    Mom to Lily and Colin!
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  • bethughkneebethughknee member
    I am not a Dr and would feel terribly if I told someone not to follow a Dr's advice and then they ended up in pain. I'm only offering my experience.

    My DD has always had a great latch but it took about 8 full weeks before I didn't have raw nipples. I don't know if it's because mine hated the pump at first or what. (When DD dropped her midnight feeding at 5 weeks, I started getting up to pump it every night. Still do.) I would occasionally have pain at the beginning of a feeding for what seemed like a really long time and even went to my OB and asked about thrush (at about the 6 week mark, actually.) She could "tell by looking" that I didn't have it and eventually the pain stopped and I was also much more careful in the shower not to let water hit my nipples directly. I wish your Dr had taken a look! It's not like anyone is sheepish about baring things after having a baby anyway!

    I hope it's not thrush! I say go with your gut. GL!


    Married: 9.22.12 - DD: 1.7.14 - EDD 2: 10.30.17 - J14 OG
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  • vvvvvfeevvvvvfee member

    inluv4life2 said:
    Don't wait. Use the ointment! Sounds like the start of thrush and it hurts like a B!!
    agreed. you don't want full-on thrush. it's awful. the cream is very mild and not harmful to your LO. use it for a couple of weeks until your nipples don't look red anymore.

    you can also try to air them out as much as possible, use diluted vinegar on them (or in a bath), eat lots of cultured/fermented foods, cut back on sugar and refined carbs, and take a probiotic. but i'd use the cream even if you want to do these other things.
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  • sishamariesishamarie member
    Thank you all for the feedback! I went to a baby group today and had the LC look at my nipples and inside baby's mouth and she does not think it's thrush/yeast at all. However, i do live in hot humid florida so i do believe i will use the nystatin and wash with vinegar and add a probiotic to my diet as well as cut sugar and refined carbs to prevent thrush and if it is indeed the start of a yeast infection i can nip it in the butt. It sounds very painful and luckily I am not expirencing pain.

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