Monday, October 20, 2014

Labels: britt / kye / newborn / tess / thrush / weekly baby summary

Tess's sixth week of life was from Thursday Sept 4th through Wednesday September 10th. She was 5 weeks old during this week! Nursing: Oh boy. Nursing was CRAZY during this week. While we were on our trip to Orlando I reused the same bath towel a couple of times. It'd been SO LONG since I'd had a yeast infection that I forgot how easily I get them. Oops. I realized I had come down with one while on the trip so did some over the counter medicine to knock it out. However, this was also the time that my nipple was cracked, bleeding, and painful. Yeast and cracked nipple? Hello THRUSH. I first started having shooting pain while nursing and thought it was just due to the damaged nipple (if you remember from last post I thought my issue was latch related so I was changing up positioning in hopes of helping). The shooting pain got worse and worse. First it just hurt while latching, then while nursing, then for a little bit following nursing, then it was just painful non-s...

Breastfeeding Issue: Battling Thrush

Monday, October 13, 2014

Labels: breastfeeding / thrush

Breastfeeding is an amazing experience for both mother and baby. I'm truly thankful for the time I get with my babies and love nursing. I know it's the best thing for their health and it also helps to create such a special bond that I cherish! However, I am the FIRST person to say that breastfeeding is not easy . Many issues can arise while nursing. I posted recently about a common breastfeeding issue of plugged milk ducts . Today I'm writing about another common issue: thrush. I am a person who is prone to common yeast infections. Thrush is actually a yeast infection but it's one that is located in your breasts and is transferred to your baby's mouth. Sounds awful, huh? Well that's because it IS awful! Symptoms of thrush can be very tricky. Sometimes the baby will show symptoms (typically white spots in the mouth) and the mother won't. Or, in my case, the mother will show symptoms and the baby won't. I've battled thrush twice now and b...

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