Almost a month ago we noticed there was white on my 11 week old's tongue, and as she was thrashing about during feeding as well, presumed it was the thrush. Brought her to GP who diagnosed thrush and prescribed Mycostatin for her (& nothing for me, because I was symptomless).
A fortnight later, her tongue was still white and my nipples were a little sore, so brought her back to the GP (the thrashing by the way seemed to be more of a phase and stopped almost straightaway).
The GP gave me a new prescription for Mycostatin and gave me Daktarin Gel for me - for my nipples. The gel was messy and uncomfortable as it doesn't dry - which surely isn't conducive to clearing up thrush.
DD's mouth is still no better, but no worse - it's only on the back of her tongue with no spots anywhere else. I've a relation who is a GP and she said as it doesn't seem to be bothering DD that it is probably better to leave it alone. I was happy enough to go with that, as it has been a month & while my nipples are a little sore, nothing compared to the agony I've read about on other threads here I've researched, and DD doesn't seem to be affected by it.
But DD seems to be pulling off the nipple a good bit when feeding at the moment & I'm worried it is bothering her now. She's also got a tooth coming up though... could it be that? My other worry is that I can't freeze milk that I express, in case I re-infect her.
I wanted to be armed with some info to take to the GP as she doesn't seem to know much about it, but also to get your opinions on whether it sounds bad enough to go back again.
Thanks again in advance for all your advice.