Anyone else had thrush when breastfeeding??

[Oscar22]

hello, few days ago noticed red spots on skin around areola - went to dr who said its thrush. It's very painful when baby feeds. Have got Daktarin oral gel - has anyone else suffered with this and how can I alleviate the pain??
x

[LUCYMARIE]

hi there, i know my friend had thrush around her nipple and she had this cream prescribed to her, will ask what it was and if it helped and let you know

[olivhohoho]

me! was given canesten cream for me and nystatin drops(?) for dd. hurt a lot but disappeared quite quickly once i remembered to treat us regularly. good luck!

[Twiga]

yup, not fun! Make sure you are prescribed nystatin drops or something for baby too as otherwise no matter what treatment you take you'll get re-infected if baby has thrush in mouth - note that there may be no obvious signs of thrush in baby's mouth but I would insist on treatment for them too. Would use canesten cream on the nipples too, although you'll need to wash nipples before feeding which is a pfaff. Hope it clears up for you soon.

[Tatties]

I had this too Oscar, it is awful. I used thrush cream on my nipples (which I didn't wash off - doc said there was no need really, if you apply it directly after a feed then don't feed again on that side for a few hours it will have disappeared) and fluconazole tablets which eventually cleared it. Ds had oral drops. Some great info here too. Hope it gets better soon