Hello, I have permission to post. A mother that I have seen several times at our Nursing Mothers' Group has called me with a new concern. Let me give a little hx. This is her second baby - she nursed her first one for several months with a great deal of pain and pumping. This baby, she wanted everything to go well from the start. Mother and baby attended group in the beginning for latch help - baby appeared to nurse well from the outside but pinched mother's nipples, even with a fairly deep latch. Her nipples became cracked, even with a lot of assistance from the start. Baby had a strong suckle, high palate and mom's nipples may have been a little large for infant's mouth. Mother then got mastitis about a month after birth and had a course of antibiotics and then soon after that mother got strep throat and had another course of antibiotics. Mother's nipple pain became much worse although the pinching of the nipples has stopped and infant is nursing 100% of the time (mother did have some time of pumping and only bottling when her nipples were too sore to latch infant). Infant has been treated with Nystatin and mother has used Gentian Violet, Garlic, Grape fruit seed extract and now is on her 3 week of Diflucan. Baby was put on Diflucan last week - infant was taken to ped and ped noted thrush still. (Mother called me yesterday to update me on situation - I haven't seen her since she needed antibiotics for strep throat, but did see her at a weight watchers meeting of all places...) Baby is now 4 months old and the nipples appear totally healed to the mother and there isn't an issue with the nursing anymore except for the nipple pain she experiences during nursing and even in between nursing - her nipples burn. She states her nipples do not change color, ie vasospasm. Neither breast tissue or areola tissue do not burn or cause any pain, just the nipples. Mother reports pain gets better then gets worse even while on Diflucan - I haven't not seen this mother in person for over a month and haven't seen her nurse for a couple of months. I have asked to come back to the Nursing Mothers' Group, but timing is difficult for her, but she is going to try to come to group. Mother has tried everything, but would like to enjoy nursing her young one. I don't want to miss something. Does anyone have any ideas on this? Andrea Hensley, RN IBCLC Glendale, AZ *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]