Oral Trush

[Lucy]

Sadly I have some knowledge and experience on this. It still makes me wince with pain just thinking about it!

Charlie (who is now nearly 3) had oral thrush from about 6 weeks and he and I would've just continually kept re-infecting each other. As it was I did get nipple thrush and I can honestly say it was THE most painful thing ever and I nearly gave up BF'ing as a result. (I didn't, ended up getting to 6 months with him, but it sure was close!)

I used Daktarin gel in his mouth. And Canestan on my nipples. Then before a feed I would wipe the Canestan off my nipples and smear a little Daktaren on. Then after the feed was finished I would reapply lots of Canestan. (This was all based on the advice of my post natal midwife.)

I ended up with a cracked nipple too and used Calendula on it which was amazing.

Inner Heath probiotics or InLiven would also be really useful to ward off the nasties too.

Good luck!

[spring_ag]

Hi, when DS was 2 weeks old MCHN said he had oral thrush. At first I was afraid to give him anything so i went to see my gp who prescribed the same thing. Basically nilstat drops for DS and dactarin oral gel on my nipples. I was told to use the gel after feeds and I think it did the trick.
As Lucy said, taking some probiotics help too. Another option is to include garlic into your diet. Hope it clears up soon.

[Macca79]

Thanks for all the advice. It is starting to clear up on DS and I ended up using Daktarin on me and wiping it off before each feed. Next time I think I will use the oral gel, it sounds a bit friendlier.

Ta again all