Heavy growth of candida

[nopun]

Does anyone have experiences of recurring thrush in pregnancy? Already had it once this time but pessary seemed to clear it quickly. But today just got a call from the midwife to say j had a "heavy growth of candida glabrata". I'm 24 weeks btw. Googling it was not reassuring!! It is apparently v resistant to treatment and there are awful stories if it causing preterm ruptured membranes and stillbirth. And now I'm terrified!!!!

Anyone?

No advice from me but heres a hopeful bump.

Hi hun I had it around 6 times from around 18 weeks to 25 weeks it drove me mad! Anyway eventually they gave me a weeks worth of pessary so I took one every night for 7 days and touch wood (hubby's head 🤣) I haven't had it since and I'm now 34 weeks , but I was miserable for weeks! Hopefully if you have similar treatment you will be relieved too xx

Thank you so much for replying

I did! This pregnancy as awful for thrush. I just had to keep getting the pessary treatment prescribed.

I've had it in this pregnancy since about 20 weeks and am now 35wks, the obs consultant I saw when it first occurred (because I was having spotting as a result) said if it became recurrent then the best treatment is usually once weekly pessaries.

Unfortunately it did become recurrent and I've had my GP trying a couple of different approaches despite the consultant's advice - 1 week of low dose pessary (think it was 200mg), 3 days of high dose pessary+cream for a week, once a week pessary for 3 weeks etc.

But the regime that's worked best for me (and is the prescribing formulary) is the consultant's original advice - a 500mg pessary once a week which is to continue for the remainder of my pregnancy. by the end of the week the symptoms are returning, but never to the same degree as before.

Its pretty miserable though, I never had this with DC1! I'd also googled and come across the pre-term link, however mine has been pretty horrendous and I've made it to 35 weeks so far. I guess they are two fairly relative occurrences in pregnancy so the correlation may not necessarily be clinically relevant, although probably worth talking it through with your midwife if you are concerned (mine scoffed at the link between the two which I found reassuring!).

Thank you @TalkingIntoTheEther that's so useful to hear. And great that you made it to 35 weeks already despite the thrush. Are you using the canesten pessaries or are you prescribed others?

I've had recurrent thrush since about 8 weeks or so. I'm 37 weeks now, the only thing that's happened as a result is a very small amount of spotting, as I'm rhesus negative that meant a small additional dose of anti d as a precaution. My ginormous baby is just fine however.

i've been prescribed them, i tried buying them but the pharmacist told me they arent licensed to sell them to pregnant women even though they know they are commonly prescribed for these situations. My midwife advised me to just send someone else in to buy them for me but as i've got a lovely maternity exception certificate and have had about 20 of the bloody things its definitely worked out better financially to get them prescribed!

they have literally been giving me the canesten ones when i cash the prescription though, not an unbranded version which i had presumed would be the case.

@nopun can you please share if you managed to treat it?

@nopun just trying again in case you see this reply. How did you manage to treat it ?