I am a veteran of "persistant" yeast. My children and I bounced it back and forth for 15 months--I was tandem nursing at the time. Here are some things you can check with for this mom to help her eradicate yeast. Make sure her toddler (you mentioned she had this with a first child--yes?) is not putting anything of the baby's in his/her mouth. My neighbor struggled with yeast, it turned out her toddler was using the baby's pacifier, then putting it back in the baby's mouth so she wouldn't get caught with it. The toddler had been treated with antibotics for an ear infection and had a yeasty diaper rash. We traced our source to the cloth diapers and the only thing that finally broke the chain was to switch to disposables. Any laundry can continue to pass yeast--burp rags, bibs, her bras, nursing pads, underwear, washcloths, and towels. Some helpful hints are: use only once then put them in the wash. Do not reuse anything that has had body contact. Use paper towels for hand-drying. No sharing of bathtowels etc. Mom can make dietary changes that will give the yeast less to 'live on'. Cut out whites--dairy, refined sugar, white bread. She may crave sweets or coffee too. Please her it is important to get rid of the food the yeast is feeding on even though cutting out these foods will make her crabby. She can also add a probiotic to her diet, as well as caprylic acid and grapefruit seed extract. They make powdered baby probiotics she can give to the baby. I remember hearing awhile back that pets can also pass yeast around. She should clean their ears and brush their coats. As far as I know adding the probiotics will not interfere if she is being treated with diflucan. All treatments should include at least her and the baby. If she is pumping she can soak any part that touches her or baby (flanges, membranes, valves, bottles, nipples, pacifiers, etc.) in vinegar and water before washing in hot soapy water. If she can afford to replace nipples/pacifiers (or just ditch the dummy altogether--if she is using one- -personal rant here) that is ideal. Echoing another post--all members of the family should be checked for fungal-type conditions. Another mom I know battled thrush (also tandem nursing, what fun then!) between her infant/toddler and herself, and all along it was her husband who was the "carrier". He was treated for his chronic athlete's foot. It cleared up and the family has been yeast free. It is painful and demoralizing to deal with this. I hope these tips help. I tried to stick with low-cost ones that wouldn't keep her running to the doctor. (both of the mothers mentioned have given me permission to share their experiences with thrush if it helps other mothers)My apologies if this has gone too long. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html