Thrush and freezing milk

BGGP9196 · July 2014

DD2 and I are being treated for thrush right now. Her Nyastatin susp and cream and me Diflucan. Can I freeze the milk I pump now? Will the cold kill the yeast? If not will we just get thrush again when she drinks it? I go back to work soon and am trying to build a stash but don't want it to all be for nothing.

jenn43 · July 2014

From what I've read, you should not freeze milk until the thrush is cleared.

BGGP9196 · July 2014

Oh no

Aliki · July 2014

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.

Source: https://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/child/thrush-expressed-milk/

R314159 · July 2014

I froze milk while LO was being treated for thrush but I made sure to use it while he was still being treated for it. Like PP said, the cold does not kill the thrush

samm1983 · July 2014

This is so confusing to me. I thought (like you are all saying) that I couldn't keep the milk I had in my stash, but when I asked my Dr. she said it was fine. I have a lot frozen and that would suck to have to throw it. I'm going to ask my pedi at DDs appt this week.

BGGP9196 · July 2014

Samm1983, our pedi told us it was fine too keep too? Did you ask at your appt last week by chance?

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