help - feeding problem

Hi All,
I've developed a small problem today while feeding my dd, who is 4 weeks
old. It feels like I have a muffled feeling of pins and needles in my
nipple, while feeding. It started this afternoon, and is still happening
now, 5 hours later. I also have small white patches on my nipple, just the
nipple not the areola. The baby is also fussing while feeding, and is
getting quite distressed. She is otherwise fine - and her mouth is clear, no
white spots.
I'm pretty sure she is latching fine, and I'm not engorged.
Can anyone help? Do you know what this could be or how to stop it? I could
put up with the itchy feeling (it's horrible but is just about bearable),
but I can't put up with baby being so upset. Although of course it may not
be related!
Thanks,
Donna

Sounds like thrush to me. Get yourself treated and it should resolve itself
very quickly. Bubs may also need to be treated because sometimes there can
be a little tiny patch that you may not see properly.

Good luck

--
Pip

My girls :
DD1 Jasmine - 5 weeks early - 21 March 02 -
Still as small as a peanut but as smart as a whip!

DD2 Abby - 8 weeks early - 3 Feb 05 -
"Uhhhhh ohhhhhh" is my new favourite phrase, now what other trouble can I
find!

"Yes you can drive me insane just by talking to me!"


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"Aldee" wrote in message
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Hi All,
I've developed a small problem today while feeding my dd, who is 4 weeks
old. It feels like I have a muffled feeling of pins and needles in my
nipple, while feeding. It started this afternoon, and is still happening
now, 5 hours later. I also have small white patches on my nipple, just the
nipple not the areola. The baby is also fussing while feeding, and is
getting quite distressed. She is otherwise fine - and her mouth is clear,
no white spots.
I'm pretty sure she is latching fine, and I'm not engorged.
Can anyone help? Do you know what this could be or how to stop it? I could
put up with the itchy feeling (it's horrible but is just about bearable),
but I can't put up with baby being so upset. Although of course it may not
be related!
Thanks,
Donna

it's absolutely screaming THRUSH

depending on where you are, you may have difficulty getting treatment, many
doctors will only prescribe a cream initially, which is sometimes not enough
to get right in there and sort it out, which means you then need the oral
stuff, but unlike vaginal thrush you need a 7-10 day course and it seems
doctors are not very clued up to this, I took a note from a lactation
consultant to my GP and even then he would only give me the absolute lowest
dose for 7 days, thankfully it was enough to get on top of it for me.

Anne

Hopefully your thrush will not be as difficult to get rid of as mine.
(I needed to do all of this and change my diet). You need to see your
OBGYN. In the meantime, here are some quick things to give you
immediate relief.

1. Wipe your breasts with a vinegar water solution and let air dry
after you nurse. 1-4 ratio vinegar to water.
2. Go get some Lotrimen (the generic brand begins with a c) and apply
it to your nipples and completely cover the areola. Then apply a fresh
nursing pad. Wipe off before feeding.

You Dr. may perscribe an anti-fungal pill or cream. In my experience,
it takes more like 14-28 of treatment to fully get rid of it.

Good Luck,
Erin
Aldee wrote:
Hi All,
I've developed a small problem today while feeding my dd, who is 4 weeks
old. It feels like I have a muffled feeling of pins and needles in my
nipple, while feeding. It started this afternoon, and is still happening
now, 5 hours later. I also have small white patches on my nipple, just the
nipple not the areola. The baby is also fussing while feeding, and is
getting quite distressed. She is otherwise fine - and her mouth is clear, no
white spots.
I'm pretty sure she is latching fine, and I'm not engorged.
Can anyone help? Do you know what this could be or how to stop it? I could
put up with the itchy feeling (it's horrible but is just about bearable),
but I can't put up with baby being so upset. Although of course it may not
be related!
Thanks,
Donna

Erin wrote and I snipped::
Hopefully your thrush will not be as difficult to get rid of as mine.
(I needed to do all of this and change my diet).

Agreed. Donna, try out some of the recommendations on the following
web site. Angela was a former poster on mkb.

http://www.oz.net/~chotii/fighting_thrush.html

-Patty, mom of 1+2
(and irritated that my newserver hasn't had new messages in days so I
have to use Google!)

Thank you all. I've been to the GP today after reading the replies, and she
agreed with you all. I've been given a 7 day course of tablets. I've also
been told to restrict feeding to the left, because the right is the one that
is badly affected. I'm supposed to pump and dump from the right. Is this
necessary? DD had a total nursing strike on the left, she far prefers the
right, so we are going to be in for a fun week if she can't feed as she
likes :-)
Thank you all so much for the advice, you were all spot on!
Donna

when I had thrush, the Dr. didn't say anything about not feeding on that
side, and I fed on it as I normally would. I'm sure kelly Mom would have
something about it, but I don't have time right now to go look it up.

"Aldee" wrote in message
...
Thank you all. I've been to the GP today after reading the replies, and
she agreed with you all. I've been given a 7 day course of tablets. I've
also been told to restrict feeding to the left, because the right is the
one that is badly affected. I'm supposed to pump and dump from the right.
Is this necessary? DD had a total nursing strike on the left, she far
prefers the right, so we are going to be in for a fun week if she can't
feed as she likes :-)
Thank you all so much for the advice, you were all spot on!
Donna

Aldee wrote:
Thank you all. I've been to the GP today after reading the replies, and she
agreed with you all. I've been given a 7 day course of tablets. I've also
been told to restrict feeding to the left, because the right is the one that
is badly affected. I'm supposed to pump and dump from the right. Is this
necessary? DD had a total nursing strike on the left, she far prefers the
right, so we are going to be in for a fun week if she can't feed as she
likes :-)

My understanding is that you can continue to breastfeed as you normally
would. I also understand that both mom and baby should be treated at
the same time to avoid passing the yeast back and forth between them.

-Patty, mom of 1+2

On 2006-11-07 01:38:32 +0800, "Aldee" said:

Thank you all. I've been to the GP today after reading the replies, and
she agreed with you all. I've been given a 7 day course of tablets.
I've also been told to restrict feeding to the left, because the right
is the one that is badly affected. I'm supposed to pump and dump from
the right. Is this necessary? DD had a total nursing strike on the
left, she far prefers the right, so we are going to be in for a fun
week if she can't feed as she likes :-)
Thank you all so much for the advice, you were all spot on!
Donna

Ack, that's not right! You definitely don't need to discard your milk
at all! As long as you are treating your nipples AND the babies mouth
with the same stuff topically, there is no reason to pump and dump at
all. Just treat topically for 2 weeks AFTER the symptoms have gone.
Did you get anything like miconazole to treat you and/or baby's mouth?
You should also treat her butt, as it could go through and cause a bit
of nappy rash.

Oh, thrush is fun....

Good luck!

Jo

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Woman, Wife, Mother, Midwife

Thank you all. I've been to the GP today after reading the replies, and
she
agreed with you all. I've been given a 7 day course of tablets. I've also
been told to restrict feeding to the left, because the right is the one
that is badly affected. I'm supposed to pump and dump from the right. Is
this necessary? DD had a total nursing strike on the left, she far prefers
the right, so we are going to be in for a fun week if she can't feed as
she likes :-)

duuurggh, so what good is that going to do, chances are you have thrush in
both breasts, the treatment is going to treat both sides, you quite possibly
won't have enough milk if just feeding from one side and pumping when you
have thrush can be horrendously painful, plus causes a nightmare with
sterilising the pump, all for absolutely no benefit. Of course if you just
can't bear it and pumping and dumping gives some relief, then by all means
do it, but personally bad though feeding directly was when I had thrush,
pumping was worse!

Anne