DC is five months, EBF. After feeding, one side is desperately painful so bad I sometimes can't speak through it and I catch my breath, this continues for around 3 hours after a feed. Feeding on the other side is lovely, wonderful, textbook.
Have had extensive prolonged treatment for thrush as it isn't comfortable at latch and the pain is deep and burning afterwards, so does sound like thrush. But, the treatment isn't working. GP says there is no further treatment available and nowhere to refer me. They don't know what it is and the only answer is to stop feeding.
I have fed through this excruciating pain for nearly four months now, and don't want to stop feeding as the other side is perfect and there is clearly just something that needs to be fixed on the bad side, but it seems no one can diagnose what is wrong.
Do any of you wise ones have any clue what could be causing such terrible pain after feeding, on only one side, for such a long time? Any experience of thrush treatment not working? And could I have thrush exclusively on one side for this long?
And lastly, has anyone fed post 6 months from just one side? Did you produce enough milk?
I am desperate but don't want to stop feeding for quite a few reasons.
Thanks all!
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LifeGotInTheWay · 10/08/2016 11:03
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