I saw the 'boob' GP 10 days ago and she put me on another course of ABs (different ones though to my last 3 courses) and swabbed me again for staph. She also said I have dermatitis on my nipples and areola (they were red, dry, fissured and 'angry') so she gave me steroid cream to use twice a day and an intensive QV moisturiser to use after every feed. She also prescribed a slow release Nifedipine for the vasospasm and told me to pump exclusively again for at least a few days to rest my nipples again. I could introduce one BF a day when they felt 'rested'. She phoned me last Friday to tell me there was no more staph so that was good news. We had introduced one BF by then and were doing OK.
Well I had a follow up appointment with her on Wednesday and she can see an improvement and I certainly can feel it too And we are BFing twice a day now. Yay! I'm still very scared that my issues will return but so far so good. I'm still expressing the excess (if necessary) and the additional 4-5 feeds but we are making progress.
Keep your fingers crossed for me that things continue to look up for us!
PS Hope - I'd only read that article the day before you posted it! Thanks for doing so anyway
I was going to suggest thrush. I had severe thrush in the early days with ds which triggered my vasospasm. Unfortunately I am still battling the thrush which comes and goes, but I haven't had bleeding nipples for some months now.
Breastfeeding can be so traumatic. I totally understand. Nothing has made me cry like bleeding, peeling cracked nipples and a baby crying for a feed.
And we are BFing twice a day now. Yay! I'm still very scared that my issues will return but so far so good. I'm still expressing the excess (if necessary) and the additional 4-5 feeds but we are making progress.
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