Hi All,
I was given finally listened to after going to 2 dr's and speaking to a midwife and given diflucan for candida after 5 weeks of severe pain while BFing. The dr I saw seemed to agree that I had all the symptoms of candida and took a swab, I was so looking forward to pain free feeding. I took the diflucan for 2 days and started an anti candida diet then today I get a call to say "can you come in, it's not candida, you have a staph infection in your breasts". I have stopped the diflucan for now and am now on antibiotics 4x per day and have to go back on friday to reassess. God I hope this resolves the problem. I am still obviously in agony and am still mainly expressing and giving Olive 1-2 formula bottles if needed through the day. Both breasts are red, both have cracks that won't heal despite being checked by a BF councillor and they are extremly painful. Has anyone else had this? I've already had mastitis twice but this feels worse as the pain radiates out from the nipple. Has anyone got any advice? I was also wondering if anyone knows of any lactation consultants in the Coffs Harbour area. Thanks
Hello I'm not surprised, I had a similar problem - except mine was a lot more 'invisible' and I laboured on for weeks and weeks before getting a script for ABs. In the end, the swab came back with nothing detected, but the ABs fixed the pain so that must've been the problem.
The good news is, since they have the swab, the ABs they've given you should be the perfect ones you need. I expect it will take a few days before they start to feel better. Get the dr to check again for candida, as you may develop secondary thrush from the ABs.
Sorry I can't help with the LCs, but I wanted to say, hang in there, you are doing a wonderful job, keep going back to the dr until it's fully resolved. You will get there!!
Recent reasearch is showing now that, what we thought was "thrush" is actually the result of a Staph infection. When there are symptoms such as you describe - nipples that won't heal despite correct positioning, recurrent mastitis etc, your dr should always take a swab and have it cultured so that we know what we are dealing with.
There's every chance that this course of antibiotics will knock it on the head and you'll go on to breastfeed fine
Thanks for your advice and support Marydean and Barb Glare. Barb Glare I was wondring if you think I should bother trying to pursue a LC or should I wait another week to see if the antibiotics do the trick. I don't want to go through this again! and also how much does it ususally cost to see a LC. Thanks
Good on you Olives mum for sticking with it. At least you now know what is going on and hopefully the AB's start to work or you soon. I have an app on Friday at the Royal Womens Hospital as i still can't get on top of mine. It will be worth mentioning to them about the staph infection. I did have a swab taken last week but have geard nothing. I therefore thought that nothing was found. App the swab doesn't always come back with a result. I may just follow that up. Goodluck and hang in there, relief is just around the corner
I still think it would be worth seeing an LC. You need all the support you can get. Prices for LCs vary. Usually around $100 for an hour or two - it is extremely cheap for the expert care they offer, usually in your own home. To me, this is exactly the support of care that our baby bonuses are best spent on - and saves a huge amount of money in the long run if breastfeeding can be sorted out.
Staph infection not candida
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