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02-6-2008 - May have the case of the horrid thrush

My mood while writing this blog:
upset and saddened

Last week I took my baby to the ER because she was fussing at the breast and I was scared and thought it could have been thrush.. well the doc checked her and said he doesn't think it is but he gave her a prescription of Nystatin to take... Some members in my family told me not to bother with the medication because she may not have it and I can be just giving her unnecessary medication since she is a newborn... My nipples were sore which I had mentioned to the doc who told me it is from her latching poorly..which she was and we so happen to work things out..and breastfeeding became a breeze we were both happy in getting over the poor latching.. well just wen we thought the brick in the road was behind us we got another one that hit me in the head so to speak... I looked into my daughter's mouth yesterday and seen a white patch forming on the inside of her cheeks.. man my eyes almost feel out my head! The thing I greatly feared has manifest itself!.. I immediately remembered the medicine and began her first dose at that point swabbing her mouth and those ugly creatures were coming out her mouth... at least she didn't have a severe case because I was able to still nurse her .. and when we attempted to white the residue off her tongue it didn't bleed .. so we got it right were it was about to take over.. This morning I woke up and felt this different sensation in my nipples like the feeling of razor blades but light..nothing that sent me over the edge or screaming towards the high heavens.. I knew something was brewing and I contracted it from her during our rounds of establishing good latching... I pumped way up till this afternoon feeding her bottles.. she was fussing even after the bottle and nothing seems to calm her... I put her to my breast and I saw this calmness come over her face and her hands held my boobs tight... that made me cry she knew there was a change and didn't like it only wanting to be nursed by her mommy.. I just didn't want to infect her since she began her treatment.. I go for my appointment tomorrow to get this sh-t cleared up.. I am not going to let a case of "thrush" stop me from feeding my baby..although if thrush resurfaces again I will have to reconsider.. I never been through this before and I am an extremely clean person.. I always changed my breast pads, would rinse my breast when she had finished eating and would swab her mouth with baby toothpaste... I believe the toothpaste sort of "hid" the thrush that is why they couldn't determine in the first place and since I have discontinued using the toothpaste the thrush is beginning to rear it's ugly head... ugh now everything has to be treated like a crime scene between me and the baby... I was given antibiotics during labor so she may have got it from going through the birth canal.. she had a slight white tongue but we all shrugged at it even the doc thinking it was milk residue... ::sighs:: I will find out what happens tomorrow.

1 Comments on May have the case of the horrid thrush

Julianna - Monday, 2 Jun
My son had thrush and I had to stop nursing. I only had 6 weeks off from work after he was born and I was so sore that my nipples were bleeding when I'd try to pump. I couldn't even feed him what I was edpressing because it was full of blood..ICK. His thrush also trensferred into his bottom and he had a terrible diaper rash. Thrush does not come from being dirty, if you were given antibiotics during the birth it could be and probably is from that. My doc told me that she was sure Nicholas's came from the Penicillin. He was happy enough with his bottles and that way his daddy got to be more involved also :) Good luck! I hope you caught it early enough!

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