Danielle
hope this helps:
Symptoms
The most common symptom is nipple pain and/or breast pain.
Nipple thrush pain is often described as burning, itching, or stinging and may be mild to severe. The pain is usually ongoing and is not resolved with improved positioning and attachment of your baby to the breast. Your nipples may be tender to touch and even light clothing can cause pain.
Breast thrush pain can vary. It has been described as a stabbing or shooting pain, a deep ache or a burning sensation that radiates through the breast. It may be present in one or both breasts.
It is characteristic for this pain to be experienced both immediately after and between feeds.
Signs
There are usually no obvious signs of thrush on your nipples. However some signs may be present and include:
the nipple/s may appear bright pink; the areola may be reddened, dry or flaky. Rarely a fine white rash may be seen
nipple damage (e.g. a crack), which is slow to heal
signs of thrush may be present in your baby's mouth and/or on your baby's bottom. Thrush in the mouth appears as a thick white coating on the tongue and/or white spots on the inside of the cheeks. Thrush on the baby's bottom appears as a bright red rash with spots around it which does not clear without anti-fungal treatment.
I stupidly decided to try driving today and took DS to the doctor for his rash on his face - which could be thrush. Any way now I am in pain in c-section land again, so obviously driving isn't a good idea just yet.