Hello, I seem to have lived through this flu bug, although for two days it
did indeed flatten me like the proverbial mack truck..

A fellow Peer Counselor approached me in the grocery store today (yes, I
had to venture out, my family finally ate all the leftovers) with this
problem: she is nursing a 15 month old, and has had past bouts of mastitis
followed by yeast infections from the antibiotics.  She seems to feel she
has the mastitis licked, having had no symptoms since August.  However, she
continues to have vaginal itching which is quite significant.  Her doctor
has diagnosed yeast, "not rampant, but there are some yeast there" were the
doctor's words.  The yeast infection treatments haven't budged the itching
a bit, and the patient suggested to the doctor that perhaps this was due to
her estrogen levels. The doctor in turn suggested an estrogen cream to be
applied vaginally, which the patient is unwilling to do while nursing.  She
does not want to wean, especially if the nursing isn't what's causing this.
 Any bells ringing for anyone?

Have a blessed holiday,

Nancy Kramer
LLL Certified Breastfeeding Peer Counselor
Port Angeles, WA