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@T-Mom: I definitely think so..and the side it's on (or starting on..) is the side with the trauma from bad latch, so there was definitely an opening for it. blegh.

@mrs. wagon: @mrbee: hot water + high heat would be fantastic. I would use paper towels....but after a shower that might be tricky! maybe just for my chest..LOL

@Coco Bee: luckily she doesn't have it yet! I'm so glad. she's so miserable already from my antibiotic! I noticed white on my nipple and I have really horrible pain when she latches, and throbbing pain after she nurses. so we're kicking it in the butt before it gets bad. her pedi said there were no spots in her mouth and that she looked good, but we're sterilizing and putting me on antibiotics as a precaution.

my OB put me on diflucan and she has a prescription ready in case she develops it, nystatin. let's hope after the 15 days is up that we're in the clear for awhile! funny how all my fears of breastfeeding have been tested already!

@hilsy85: oh no! That's how mine started, then I noticed the white on my nipples. Oh & how LO latches with razors. I was put on diflucan, today is day 3 of 15. Still have pain but white is gone. LO is on nystatin, today is day 2 but she only got 2 of 3 doses down yesterday because of what time we got it. Hoping it goes away!

@MungBean: yikes! That's how we got it - from the Keflex. I'm hoping since my mastitis med is over Wednesday and I'm on the thrush meds for 2 weeks from yesterday that it'll kick it!

@hilsy85: I haven't tried the vinegar rinse, but I'm taking ibuprofen every 6 hours and put an ice cube in a Baggie to put in my nipple before she latches. What day of antibiotics are you on? I'm on day 3 (3rd dose tonight) and I've already noticed the pain lessen. Still a, 'f*** f*** f***' worthy latch but the pain goes away, where before I actually had to use labor pain management techniques to get through it!

@hilsy85: yeah I had the pain for a couple days before I noticed the white on my nipple--I assumed I'd bruised myself trying to massage the clogged duct! The white I almost ignored - it was a small spot in the lines like where the milk comes out, I assumed it was milk, but it didn't disappear in the shower. The shooting/stabbing pain was worse right after she ate but would randomly happen throughout the day. If they do treat you, treat LO even if there aren't any signs, or you'll pass it back & fort. I've been vigilant about hot water hand washing before & after feeds and diaper changes, hot water & vinegar washing towels daily as well as anything that my breasts or her mouth touch (spitup, drool..), & sterilizing pacifiers, syringes & pump parts nightly. I also put any meds (vitamin d drops, little tummies, nystatin) in a bathroom Dixie cup & use a different syringe (that I can sterilize) to administer it so I don't contaminate the bottles and transfer the yeast around. Also changing bra pads with every feeding & taking 2 probiotic pills daily. Total pain in the arse but the white is off my nipples! Hoping its working..

@hilsy85: how are you feeling? any better?

@MungBean: @Thehistoryofus: @Coco Bee: so I have heard that the thrush gets worse before it gets better, but what does that refer to? I started the 15-day course antifungal (diflucan) on saturday night (took 2 pills, and then 1 pill daily sunday/monday/today). the white disappeared from my nipple after 2 days (by sunday night/ monday morning). but my nipples still REALLY HURT when she latches. Like, f-bomb hurt. I don't know, though, if it's the thrush or just trauma - we went from using a nipple shield with every feed and only using positions she was good at, to not using a shield and more aggressive, round the clock, every position nursing to kick the clogged duct. I also still occasionally have the stab pain in my breast tissue.

@hilsy85: just when she latches! whats all purpose nipple cream & how do I get it?? haha

So is it possible to have pink nipples without it being thrush? I have another 4 days of diflucan but the past 2 days I caved and used some lanolin because my nipples were not healing without it.

Within 2 feeds, breastfeeding was back to bring painless with exception of minor, dull (intermittent) breast pain that I thought was a clogged duct (since gone).

However as of last night, latch is back to painful & nipples are still pink. Is thrush back? Or is this just raw nipples? So frustrated that I don't know what's going on!!