However, in a breastfeeding woman, the change from a dry to a wet atmosphere can create favorable conditions for yeast overgrowth.
When a woman is breastfeeding, she can get a yeast infection on her nipples and sometimes even inside her breasts.īreast or nipple yeast is rarely a problem for the nonlactating women. At birth a vaginal overgrowth of yeast can be transferred to the baby, and the baby can end up with thrush (an oral yeast infection).īabies get yeast infections easily since their immune systems are not fully developed As pregnancy progresses, a woman is more likely to have an overgrowth of yeast. It is only when the yeast overgrows that it becomes a problem.
It tends to live in the mouth, bowels, skin, and, in women, the vagina - basically it thrives in warm, wet environments I've included some links to the sites I found at the end of this email, in case anyone's interested.Īll humans have harmless amounts of yeast (actually a fungus) in their bodies. All of this info is stuff I've gleaned from internet research and talking to midwives and lactations consultants. Having gone through over a month of all this mess before figuring out what was wrong, I wanted to give you all a "heads up" about yeast infections- how to recognize the early symptoms and how to treat it before you end up with all the trouble we've had. We both seem to have contracted a systemic yeast infection. We recently finally pinpointed the cause of the gas/pain/bad latch habits/etc that have been plaguing us. Read on.Īs some of you know, Judah and I have been dealing with some issues in our breastfeeding journey. After a ridiculously easy time nursing Sofi, Judah's nursing issues were quite a shock. It's basically a compilation of weeks of research on the pain I was having while nursing Judah during his first few months of life. I've also had occasion to refer to it several times for friends with yeast infections that aren't nursing or pregnant as well.
I send this info out to every new mom (at least, when I remember, I do). I have a few friends who are new moms or will be soon and so I wanted to turn an old email into a post for easy reference.
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