October babies. Don't get lost

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Could these symptoms be thrush?

Me - sore nipples, some stinging, some shooting pains inside at end of feed. Throbbing pain between feeds. Took antibiotics about 5 weeks ago, often have damp breast pads due to over supply.
Her - persistent rash around her fanjo, dribbly, very windy over last few days. Sometimes cries the instant she is held upright after feeding.

I think I know the answer :-(

Second awful night in a row here. max 2hours sleep at a time. Terrible, painful wind, lots of screaming. settles only to wake immediately. probably ingesting more infacol and gripe water than actual milk...

I think it is Jo..........

Aargh! Welcome. Feckin crap. Fact that you have shooting pains queries might be in ducts already. This I suggest you see GP tmrw to consider Fluconazole?? Creams won't work if ductal.

Sorry, in middle of cooking whilst bubs quiet!!! No time for more!!

My current treatment is daktarin gel for baby and cream for me. Fluconazole did work first time but possibly brought me out in major rash.

Def need to change pads frequently, at each feed, tho I'm sure you do.

Lots of alternative remedies if you google but think you need medical anti fungal IMO

Must dash!

sorry to hear about your boob troubles yomping. hugs

Poor yomping and huffle! I think you guys are absolute heroes for breastfeeding with a whole range of problems. Before I tried it myself I don't think I appreciated quite how tough the initial breastfeeding stages are - and I had a pretty straightforward and painless experience - really think we have all done so well to feed our babies for however long and hope those that have switched to formula are not feeling guilty, it can be so tough!!

Plug of the day: I bought myself an underwired nursing bra. Can't remember last time I wore underwired bra. It's not the sexiest thing in the world but it gives me some shape and I feel a bit more human and feminine again. Was so sick of monoboob
this one

Beeblebear you crack me up!! Am sorry you are having to stare at my grinning mug every time you use computer!! At least Jess is super-cute!!

Those with useless DHs - I mostly ignore boyfriend if he is struggling with Jess, or go in the other room - he needs to learn!! I have friends whose baby "only settles with me" (they often say this quite smugly) - I am like, if you take baby back every time it cries, of course you will be the only one who knows how to do it - it's just experience, isn't it. I don't believe it's motherly instinct or any of that crap at all. I couldn't settle Jess at all for the first few weeks, then I learned. So I am determined not to be like my friend (with the 5 month old) who went out for ONE HOUR the other day and had 10 missed calls from boyfriend cause of crying baby. Man the fuck up!
She is kinda proud that baby only loves her though. So sometimes I think it's half a dozen of one six of the other.

I cursed Bora all the way round my slow, panting 2.5 mile run this morning. I've spent months running and I'm still crap!

Zara at your 30-pack of condoms
Hey I haven't finished 12-pack yet...
(though did spend first couple of weeks having unprotected sex then taking pregnancy tests, very intelligent!)

I still find sex quite sore and am a bit anxious about this. I don't mind the soreness in itself, it's not unbearable and not sore after sex is over, but I am scared that there might be a reason for it... (PROLAPSE!!! keeps running through my head )
Does anyone know how long until it's supposed to be comfortable again? I had a labial graze but no tears. It's hurting inside though.

My chest feels tight but no cough yet. I'd normally beat echinacea and high dose vit C in at first sign of any cold!! Don't relish thought of chest infection (not takin another feckin antib!!!) tho can't remember last time I had one.

Stop blabbering huffle. What can I take to help???

squid I may have run 2.6 miles yesterday which I'm paying for today but I haven't had sex yet. Swings and round abouts!

Were you running before pregnancy? If so, was it a fair bit?

Bora I'm more of an all-round exerciser than a runner specifically. I do weights and circuit training quite a bit. But I'd often just go for a run around the river where I live. Not usually more than 5K. I also have (or had) a job which involved rushing around on my feet all day, and pre-preg I used to walk to work as well. So I was pretty fit and active, but not specially good at running or anything.
My big love is hiking. I live near the Peak District. Me and boyfriend used to run up 20, 22 mile hikes almost every weekend.

Ah, I miss all that!!! I have been trying to get back into some of it. Baby squid likes her hikes in the sling, but we do about 5-7 miles now, on nice easy family-friendly routes, with stops for coffee :)

squid I'm still finding sex sore too. I know everything is still working because have managed to... ahem... finish... with the aid of battery powered appliances. but haven't yet done so during sex (and I always used to)- it's not unbearably painful, but definitely a bit ouch. I'm a bit upset by it- we always had such an amazing sex life and I'm not used to feeling this reluctant and unsure of myself. am hoping it will all heal and my body will feel like mine again.
I think you would know if there was some sort of prolapse though! but I suppose we have to expect that things have moved around a bit.

thanks London it's a bit embarrassing to discuss this stuff eh?! I feel just the same, really enjoyed sex and would like to have it back! I'm persevering in the hope it will just get better with time and getting back into the habit. Some of it is finding time with new baby but it's also - body is different, it hurts, it feels different, boobs leak milk!!, etc

If it's reassuring (I think you're about a month behind me postnatally, right?) I couldn't finish during sex either initially but I can now. It's still sore though! I wonder how much of it is nerves. Sometimes I remember the baby coming out, that's not very good for sexy thoughts! Also apparently you can be quite dry whilst breastfeeding, kind of like the menopause. But I think mostly I'm nervous.

And I'm not used to condoms. But keep putting off getting a coil because it's sore and I don't want anyone fiddling!

that was my thought about the coil too and apparently it can make you have heavy periods. I've gone on the mini pill which seems to have worked out so far. it is reassuring to know we're experiencing similar! I think it's just that we're not healed yet, that's all.

I just realised that my use of the word 'appliances' made it sound like I use the kettle or something...

The nearest battery operated item to me right now is a ridiculous chavtastic glowing reindeer I bought in a moment of garden centre madness...

huffle, it might have to be honey and lemons for you! doesn't really work, but it's soothing. drink lots of water, terry and get rest. feel like I might be coming down with something too.

someone on here recommended an app called lactmed (I forgot who- story and thank you!) which is a database of drugs and their affect on breastfeeding.

Huffle

You can take most things for colds unless they contain decongestant (which tends to decongest the breasts and cut milk supply). As londonmrss says, the Lactmed app is very useful. Paracetamol and ibuprofen and vitamin C are fine though. Hope you feel better in time for Christmas!

Yomping

I'm lucky enough never to have had thrush (not in breasts, anyway: had unshiftable vaginal thrush during first pregnancy). But your DD's symptoms are also fairly typical of teething. Could be both going on, of course.
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Yomping. Could you d describe the Rash? My ds had thrush rash and i had thrush in nipples too. antifungals to clear it up and canesten for the butt rash on ds.

I have to air my nipples in sunshine three times a day. Also dont sleep in bra, have protective sheet on mattress and just have to bear the leaking

Hi everyone! Happy Christmas from the house of chaos and snot. Both boys got colds and everything is manic with all the usual endless visitors etc. Am dreading new year when we have to come out of our little Christmas bubble and face the music re DH's lack of job. Ah well, in the mean time we are just Enjoying time together and ds1 being so gorgeous and excited. His grandad has made him a brilliant puppet show theatre so we have been making puppets and he has made up a completely mental story for a play to be performed on Christmas day which will be fun!

Good luck to everyone going away. Enjoy having other people to cook and hand you nice things to drink! Let's all have a competition to see whose family member makes the most tactless remark/ gives the worst unsolicited advice. I bet we have some corkers over Christmas.

Beeble, it's not anywhere near as angry looking as the horrific pictures I found on Google images but it has not gone away in over a week now despite religious application of Bepanthen cream, frequent nappy changes including during the night, and daily airing. This is unusual, all other times she has had mild nappy rash it has cleared up quickly. Huffle, I fear similar re. cream, something I read online told me to ask for Diflucan tablets and try not to get given Nystatin as 50% of thrush strains are immune to it.

Went to Drop In Centre. Hellish. Full of ill people, didn't stay! Don't want DD to contract Norovirus on top of thrush. Will call docs in a.m. to get emergency appointment. Went to Boots and got Canasten cream on advice of pharmacist. Also picked up Colief in case screaming is still colic-related and Nelsons Teetha granules in case dribbling is teething-related. Sigh. So many symptoms that could be anything - but nothing we try seems to work. When will she learn to talk so she can tell me what's wrong??? DH has taken her to see grandparents to give me some relief. He is panicking and trying to do everything right because I am so tired and grotty and he wants to get it right for me. This means that he has to check EVERYTHING with me and ask me A MILLION STUPID FUCKING QUESTIONS before he does anything (example, before he left to go to GPs: "She's fed now, yeah?". He had just sat next to me on the sofa for half an hour while I fed her [HMM]. Next question: "Shall I change her again?" FFFFFFFFS! HOW SHOULD I KNOW? MAKE A FUCKING DECISION FOR YOURSELF MAN ) which is making me nearly explode with pissed-offness so it's good for him that he has left the building for a while . God, I am so tired and there is so much to do and I'm too wired to sleep and I just know that tonight is going to be shit again and I will feel even worse tomorrow .

Ha ha, clearly no sex going on here, I'm too tired and pissed off with DH for not manning up most of the time.

Bella, like your competition idea. Luckily I will be spared the tactless remarks from DMIL, we were going to spend the day with them on the 27th but nephew has chicken pox and will be there so we can't go. Shame .

That living near the Peak District sounds fab, Squid, and about a million miles away from my life in South London.

Haha at London's kettle-wank

Breastffeding while drinking a Christmas cocktail bad mummy

Arghhhh! Any tips on getting an EBF baby to take a bottle of expressed?

Introduced a bottle at 3 weeks and was chuffed that she didn't get nipple confusion. I had really sore nips so she had bottles of expressed for two days whilst they healed.

Stupid me thought that she's then continue to take a bottle. Err, no. Dies that mean I can now never go out? Sob!

smorgs good mummy relaxing while feeding baby ;)

bella love the competition idea. We're not seeing my mil till 28th jan but I imagine she'll have some shockers. Although every time she tells me something is bad for me to eat while bfing I get cravings for it (grapes and chillies are great examples ) can't wait to see her face when I Sybil a bottle glass of wine in front of her