I am really sad :( to even be posting this question. I have a history of periodontal disease- it was really bad and I had lots of procedures and lots of loss around it- a few yrs back before I had my now 11 month old baby. I have been keeping up very well with my dental hygeine since then and getting many cleanings a yr. None the less today at my cleaning and dental exam, it turns out that my infection is back. I cannot afford (in terms of health) to have this infection in my gums as I already have lost a lot of bone to it. I am freaking out. Anyway- one of the suggesitions for treatment from the periodontist is a 10 day run of amoxicillan (spelling ) antibiotic. I am normally not one to jump into antibiotics without just cause, though I do think they have their place. HOwever- after years of dental surgeries and having risked almost losing many teeth to it- and after recent years of what iconsidered impeccable hygeine- to have this active infection again is just heartbreaking. SO I am inclined to take the 10 day antibiotics to help treat it as I know it will help and I am quite desperate about it all. However=- I am still breastfeeding my 11 month old ( and plan to until he is at least 2, more likely 3 or who knows if even more). So how exactly will a 10 day course of amoxycillan affect the baby? I googled it and saw that it may affect him similarly to how it would affect me- over yeast, affecting the gastro intestinal, etc- ugh.
what do I do? Do I take it? WOudl you? What can I expect?
I don't mind at all ME having to deal wiht the side effects of it based on what I have been through and what I could lose if I don't- and my unsureness of other treatments for htis right now- but I do not want ot hurt my ds obviously!
the dentist also mentioned somehting about possibly staining ds's teeth if I take antibiotics? But he was unsure. I am going to call ds's doctor and see what they say before deciding.
sorry for typos and mis spelling sI am rushing right now
