Nipple Thrush

I'm pretty sure I have this. My nipple hurts terribly, and DD has white spots on the inside of her bottom lip. Neither of us are enjoying feeding much atm.

I've only just figured out the problem now. What do I do about it? Do I need to see a doctor? Is there something I can do to limit the pain overnight?

I'd say go to Dr. Make the appointment for your baby. Baby perscriptions are free, and buying over the counter isn't. Also, there are different strengh treatments, some have to be washed off before BF, others don't. Dr could go through this with you.

Well, I hopefully will have it sorted soon

She started to fuss at the breast last night, I presume from a sore lip, so I was concerned she'd stop feeding if it got worse overnight.

So, I rang my mum - no answer.
Rang plunketline, who said I'd best go to the afterhours chemist and get something.
Rang the after hours chemist to ask what they could give me before I drove 45 minutes to get there. They said there was only one thing she could give me without seeing a doctor and she didn't think it would work anyway.
She said there'd be a massive wait at the AH doctors... so I was looking at a 4-hour round trip, if I was lucky
So I rang my mum again (she's an ex LLL counsellor), and this time she answered. She said to make a mixture of 1t baking soda, 1 c water, and dab it on the nipples and in bub's mouth and that would soothe it. So we did that and it worked a treat and I was able to just take DD to the local doctor this morning.

So, we now have some medication for it, and hopefully we'll both be better soon.

Hopefully the baking soda trick might help someone else too

Thanks Issacs mum - I think she actually got it in reverse order (which is kinda gross ). She had nappy thrush, and as well as putting thrush cream on it, I was leaving her with lots of nappy-off time. I'm guessing that allowed her to put her hands in it and then suck on them

Baby's are so delightful!!