Dermovate is a steroid cream for severe eczema. I barely have eczema most of the time but something made it go mental yesterday and the soles of my feet are covered in red spots under the skin. They are mega itchy and my feet are sore to walk on - feels like I've been trampling in nettles. It's also coming out on my hands like tiny nettle stings but not as bad as feet.
doctor gave me dermovate and permitabs (some fantastic tabs you dissolve in water, stick your feet in, and they turn purple apparently. Bloody brilliant, am returning to work on monday from mat leave so purple feckin feet is just what I wanted). Anyway my ten month old is ebf and was on 3 feeds a day. Today I was planning to drop one feed anyway so that when I'm back at work I'd just do morning and bedtime feeds. The dermovate stuff says 'there is insufficient evidence to say bfing is safe' which puts me off but if phrased the other way round ie insufficient evidence to say unsafe which is equally valid, it doesnt sound so bad! The doc just said it would prob be best not to but wasnt enormously bothered tbh, whereas id really like to keep going a bit longer.
I need to pump and dump to keep supply going as we're going to Thailand in 2 weeks and I want to bf there so I dont have to bugger about with formula. Ive got a bit frozen but not much so was wondering if I fed her in the evening, then put cream on, then fed her with frozen milk or formula in the morning, it would be 24hrs after applying the cream that I would feed her again in the evening. Any thoughts or advice on this fellow wiser mners? Sorry for marathon post!