Is Monistat safe if the baby is born DURING a treatment?

[1babysmom]

Basically, if I've got a monistat ovule/cream up there, and then I finally go into labor, is it going to be safe for the baby?

I'm thinking I may have a YI. The natural treatments have never really done squat for me, so this is one place where I've always just gone and bought the OTC stuff and it's always worked well and quickly. But I'm not really sure about the safety of the stuff if the baby actually comes out while that gunk is in there? Anybody know?

We already take probiotics regularly, and I've started up on GSE just in case (along with watching my diet and other simple stuff like that that we've done with thrush). But if it IS a YI I definitely want to get on top of it because with DD2 we've battled thrush over the past 21 months- mostly me, though (though DD1 has nursed consistently the entire time too and never had any issues with it), and I just don't want to start off a new nursing relationship with it.

Anyway, my body is VERY physically ready for labor and I've been having lots or prodromal labor this time so there's no telling at what moment it could decide to do the real thing, so I don't want to start a treatment that I'm not comfortable birthing during, ya know?

Any advice?

[elmh23]

I was told by my midwife not to do monistat internally but to use the cream externally. I had a YI for about 4 months out of my pregnancy and the only things that really worked were lost of monistat externally and taking baths with GSE in them (and LOTS of GSE, not just a drop or so, but a whole big squeeze of the bottle!)

Good luck!

[mamatogirls]

You can crush a clove of raw garlic and insert. It may burn for a second while inserting but along with GSE this is the only thing that would get rid of yeast for me. I have used it many times while pregnant. You can also eat raw garlic if you can handle it, it really is a great yeast killer. If I don't feel like chewing it I cut into small enough pieces and swallow like you would a pill.

[gcgirl]

I was two days before my EDD with DS when I KNEW I had a YI. I called my OB and he said it was fine, even if the baby were to come that day. Take that for what it's worth.

I imagine the fluids coming out of your body ahead of your LO would help wash away quite a lot of residue anyway.

[SashaBear]

I had a YI when DD was due. I was miserable and had to be treated. I couldn't sleep! I was given a prescription for something. I put it in that night and the symptoms were gone the next morning. We did end up getting thrush later on.

[sparkysgirl]

i used tea tree oil (diluted a bit) for a raging one in early pregnancy after the cream didn't work and was miserable. Within two hours I was symptom free

[karmamamaa]

I suffered terribly from YI during my pregnancy with DD (September baby in Florida....eeewwww) and I literally had one more often than not.

My midwife told me, even up to a few days before birth, to keep treating with the 7 day Monistat because the Yeast makes your vaginal wall less..."supple" for birth and its important to keep the membranes up there as flexible as possible. She assured me that there was no risk or danger to using Monistat but of course feel free to try other natural remedies she just wanted YI gone as soon as possible -so did I!

I will say this- it seemed MAKING myself eat probiotic yogurt helped the most (inside and out) to get rid of it all.