bit embaressed please help - thrush/ttc

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i'm using an alter ego as RL guys here know me and I like to keep RL and MN life seperate.

anyhow loosely TTC, but since DC was born (14 months ago) i've had 2 bad bouts of thrush, and I think one back again.

now for my questions:

1. how will it effect ttc?? will I still get a BFP??
2. best method of treatment - i've used te caneston pessery thingy ok.
3. why does it come back? seriously I shower every day/clean undies etc. but it comes back - WHY?? it doesn't seem to effect anything when I try an unfragranced washing powder/soap etc
4. will this prob keep coming back? it was never this bad before I had my child. (think I had it maybe twice in my life)

this is highly embaressing for me so if you do guess me please don't mention it. any help very gratefully recieved.

It probably keeps coming back because your partner is reinfecting you. He needs to treat himself too, even if he has no symptoms - he can use Canesten cream - otherwise every time you get clear, he'll give it back to you.

See the GP for Diflucan to sort you out at the same time.

ok thanks - can you buy it over the counter? my old dr told me that it was only caneston I could use.

do you know if it will effect our chances of ttc?

You can buy Diflucan over the counter but it's quite expensive - about £12 from memory. It works though! It's a single tablet and it should clear thrush up within a couple of days. You can still use Canesten to soothe the soreness (and for dh as well).

Thrush shouldn't affect ttc at all - although you'll be more comfortable without it, obviously.

thanks for your help, it's been highly embaressing and i've talked to DH about it now - telling him to use hte cream as well he's asking how long it will take to work and isn't happy about using it but tbh it's better to do this once and then hopefully it will sort everyhting out it's so stupid that i'm embaressed talking to him about it esp after him seeing child birth etc lol.

If you tell him that he either uses the cream or there's no more sex he might feel a little differently about it

Honestly, he has to use the cream otherwise you won't stop getting the thrush. The most likely reason for your repeated bouts is that he has it too, and he's passing it back to you during sex. It's dead easy to clear up in men, and when all said and done it's just a bit of cream on his willy ... it's not going to kill him. He should be OK to stop using it after about a week, but if you really want to make him suffer tell him that he has to use it for a month

If you ever get thrush again, he needs to use the cream again as well as you being treated.

also, although this may not be what you want. but have a break from sex for a while (even just a week!) it will give u a break "down there" and acidity levels can regulate

lol. MOM all over that it's AF week so nothings going near that area for this week! lol. our sex life has been well not the best (apart from this past month - been loosely trying before now but now it's more serious iycwim I want things to be right now) besides at my last smear - 3 weeks ago the nurse said 'it looks like you might have a case of thrush'

I think DH is thankful it's nothing more serious iycwim, however he's not happy about the cream going under the foreskin bit. ooh dear he has to use the cream for a week? I thought it was just the one dose like us - is he ok with the normal cream you get in with the pessery? - I do still have a tube that's all in date from my last episode last oct.

Try to wear cotton knickers, I find it does make a difference. Something about cotton being more 'breathable' than synthetics.