Labor & Delivery: Nystatin

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Positive Group B Strep

Hello! I am 37 weeks pregnant with my fourth baby. My OB informed me yesterday that my Group B Strep screen came back positive. He explained that I would be on antibiotics during labor and delivery. He also said that this was not a concern for me but for my baby girl. He acted like it was no big deal. And I have never dealt with this before. I came home and jumped on my computer and read everything I possibly could regarding GBS. I learned that its a vaginal bacteria...that sometime has little or no symptoms. Some of the symptoms listed I...

Lactation Consultant

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Help for thrush........breastfeeding a 2 Week old........extreme Pain.

Hi Ladies, I am so grateful for this site. You always give me the best advice. I found out the source of my breastfeeding pain...........My poor son and I have thrush. The pediatrician called in a prescription for diflucan for me and nystatin drops for my son. I am three days into my treatment and the pain hasn't quite subsided. I did have a lactation consultant help me with my latch 2 days ago. How do I get rid of the yeast and stop passing it back and forth between my son and I? How do I ease the pain of breastfeeding? (my son...

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Breast Feeding Pain

My daughter is almost 3 weeks old. She's been doing well breast feeding but...