>She had a ductal yeast infection about 2 weeks ago that was treated with
>diflucan (baby treated too).  At that time, had lots of pain after
>feeding...but had been painfree for the past 3 days.  Last night, pain
>started again - only in one breast.  Starts right after the feeding is
>done and lasts 2 hours......baby is 2 months old and thriving!!  Mom's
>nipples look fine -

Diane, I have sent you a long post with my yeast treatment recommendations
but I want to say here that killing off the yeast with an antifungal is
seldom enough to resolve the problem of yeast overgrowth.  It often just
takes over again.  Usually after a mom has a recurrence she is willing to
follow the treatment plan carefully and afterwards has a healthy GI track
again and her body's yeast and bacteria are harmoniously co-habitating again.

Weaning from the painful breast is not a solution. She still has an
imbalance of yeast.

Was her Diflucan treatment for 13-14 days?  She does seem to have a regrowth
of intraductal yeast and she needs to be treated fully to resolve it.

I've posted my plan a couple of times but if anyone doesn't have it you can
e-mail me privately and I'll send it to you. I've put together what
Lactnetters have found effective with what I have also, and it WORKS!

I still shudder when I get those calls that I know mean yeast.  Even *my*
dog got a yeast infection in her ear. The vet said, "You need to follow the
instructions carefully because yeast can be stubborn to treat."  He's
talking to ME?!

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee


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