About 2 months ago I noticed a small red patch under one nipple, it got bigger over the course of a few days and after a week I went to the doctor as it wasnt going on its own. It is NOT painful, feeds are not painful it doesnt seem to have any effect other than a patch of very dry crakced and sore looking skin around one nipple (it extneds half way around the nipple).
The doctor said it was a bacterial infection and gave me cream (fucidin) which i used. It made no difference at all so i went back and saw a different doctor who said it isnt that it is thrush. I now have daktarin for me and drops for the baby. I have used it for 2 days and it seems redder than ever!. I have been told by the doctor that i should stop feeding the baby out of that side for a few days to allow it to heal. The first day i didnt because havent been able to get her to take a bottle but today i have pumped from that side and so have not fed her directly for the day.
Does anyone have any advice at all? as I say it isn't painful but I would like it to get better it just distrurbs me being there and I worry it will suddenly get worse.