Nipple shields can effect the milk going to the baby by 30% so be careful of those. Also Fast Tract is organic and will work quickly to boost up both of your numbers of good bacteria - thrush is an imbalance of good and bad bacteria - the side with the most soldiers wins. Creams can fix it yes, but Fast Tract will fix and prevent future outbreaks, as it goes to work in your body and forms colonies of good bacteria. In times of stress and exhaustion its very easy for the balance to be out of whack.