Any tips for thrush? I figured this might happen since I had antibiotics 3 hours before the birth. I got nystatin and have been painting on my nipples after each feeding...baby has very few symptoms and my nipples are the bad part...yeouch!!!
Get some probiotics & start taking them ASAP. I went & got some yesterday to start taking in.preparation for the antiobiotics I'll have during labor. Also, watch your diet- thrush lives off of sugar. For the pain...when I had thrush with my 2nd baby, the best thing was ibuprofen & putting ice on my nipples right before nursing to numb them somewhat, bit it didn't go away completely until.the thrush was gone.
This is going to sound crazy, but I rubbed saurkraut juice on my nipples and that seemed more effective than the nystatin. We make it ourselves, but you can also buy real fermented saurkraut at some grocery stores. I guess the probiotics in our batch must have been pretty hardy.
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