Guest guest Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Probiotics, high quality Probiotics are the easiest, most effective, natural way that strengthens the body to eliminate the yeast. Vinegar washing of everything and everyone one (and fruit) helps but I find Probiotics are one thing that helps everyone. Topical Coconut Oil also does wonders. It has natural antifungals, can be put on the breast, butt, mouth > > I always suggest moms rinse anything that comes in contact with mom's breasts, baby's mouth or butt in white vinegar to kill the yeast. I know I read is somewhere before I started recommending it. Maybe the last edition of BAB. I know the reasoning was that sterilizing doesn't completely kill yeast, but vinegar does. > > I started having issues with yeast infections a few years ago and my daughter started to have them as well. I was washing our clothes together so I wondered if that was spreading the yeast. I just started pouring about a half cup of vinegar in the fabric softener dispenser and put it on an extra rinse. That cleared us both up finally. > > I take inhaled steroids and was starting to have issues with oral thrush, which I get from time to time with the meds. I started eating pickles and it cleared it up. I would not do that with a baby, though. > > In talking with one of my doctors about yeast infections of the skin he mentioned sometimes inflammation can fuel yeast, making it harder to clear up. He said using a topical steroid on the area, waiting 30 minutes then hitting it with an antifungal would wipe it out. I guess using the steroid first left the yeast vulnerable. Not that that is something I would suggest directly to a mom, but maybe you could ask her HCP and see what he/she thinks. > > > > > Heinz, BA IBCLC > Beach Babies Lactation Support, LLC > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 I am a chronic thrush sufferer- while BF only. Trauma started it all. My summer baby was the WORST. I had flares of yeast for 2 years with him. My last baby, the only one with a great mouth (others hat TT which were clipped but that doesn't fix the high palate) All summer and fall of my summer baby I wanted to bathe in 1 T white Vineger: 1 c water. It is a refreshing band aid. I think diet is key for chronic yeast. You can kill it off with GV or any other topical may work for a while but then it flares again. However if you can fix the mom's diet and add probiotics to EVERYONE else in the house (look at pets too- they can take garlic tabs) you might get relief. Laundry do it with grapefruit seed extract or a c of white vineger until releif. Bras and breast pads washed daily and white vineger added to wash. Does she pump? pacifiers? nipple sheilds- these are probably obvious... For the Mom: really cutting back or eliminate things like sugar, carbs esp bread, beer, mushrooms there are lots of diets out there but to a yeasty person these diet sound insane and extreme because the body CRAVES the sugar. For me, my body was so " addicted " to the foods that feed yeast I had to use some phychology and allow myself to add dark chocolate and I ate something each day with a chemical sweetener like splend or equal or a bunch of a dark chocolate. Berries were okay for me too, granny smith apples- these fruits dipped in the chocolate...etc I hope this helps...I really feel for the family. It makes me itchy just thinking about it. > > Thrush Queens - I need input please. I have a young family with systemic > yeast. Toddler has yeasty diaper area, baby has thrush and mom has thrushy > nipples. Toddler has had systemic thrush since a newborn, mom has battled > thrush as well. Treatments have been probitocs (in yogurt for toddler and > capsule for mom), nystatin, GV, coconut oil, bleaching diapers, sanitizing > toys and sippy cups for toddler. THrush goes away for a few weeks then > returns with a vengeance. > > I need solid info that I can send mom to address the whole family. Thank you > ! > > Warmly, > > Jaye > > > > Jaye Simpson, CLC, IBCLC, CIIM, MoM > > Breastfeeding Network > > www.breastfeedingnetwork.net > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 The difference between oj you squeeze and oj you buy? http://www.foodrenegade.com/secret-ingredient-your-orange-juice/ " When the juice is stripped of oxygen it is also stripped of flavor providing chemicals. Juice companies therefore hire flavor and fragrance companies, the same ones that formulate perfumes for Dior and Calvin Klein, to engineer flavor packs to add back to the juice to make it taste fresh. Flavor packs aren't listed as an ingredient on the label because technically they are derived from orange essence and oil. Yet those in the industry will tell you that the flavor packs, whether made for reconstituted or pasteurized orange juice, resemble nothing found in nature. The packs added to juice earmarked for the North American market tend to contain high amounts of ethyl butyrate, a chemical in the fragrance of fresh squeezed orange juice that, juice companies have discovered, Americans favor. Mexicans and Brazilians have a different palate. Flavor packs fabricated for juice geared to these markets therefore highlight different chemicals, the decanals say, or terpene compounds such as valencine. The formulas vary to give a brand's trademark taste. If you're discerning you may have noticed Minute Maid has a candy like orange flavor. That's largely due to the flavor pack Coca-Cola has chosen for it. Some companies have even been known to request a flavor pack that mimics the taste of a popular competitor, creating a " hall of mirrors " of flavor packs. Despite the multiple interpretations of a freshly squeezed orange on the market, most flavor packs have a shared source of inspiration: a Florida Valencia orange in spring. (source) " Not that fruit juice is more than sugar--but at least it's not a flavor pack. Tow, IBCLC, France & CT, USA > > I am in total agreement that too much processed food is a bad thing. I > don't know that it is helpful to clients, however, to tell them to make > everything-because they simply won't! Most people don't regularly cook even > one meal per day. I personally see no need for juice in the diet at all, > but if someone wants it, is it really that much different for them to make > orange juice over buying 100% orange juice? I'm not talking about juice > drinks with added ingredients. I think we really have to consider making > this as easy as possible for mothers because they are likely already > overwhelmed with the yeast and a young baby. > > > > The difference in opinion in the last few posts: meat/no meat, grains/no > grains, demonstrates why I am so hesitant to start laying all this on a > mother. How can we say you need to eat this or you need to eat that when > there seems to be little agreement as to what the " correct " diet is? I > discovered this when researching an anti-inflammatory diet for myself. No > two sources could agree on what an anti-inflammatory diet is exactly. The > only thing everyone can agree on is the need to limit processed foods and > sugar, so that is where I start with mothers, while I continue to try to > learn more about how our diets affect us. > > > > Becky , IBCLC > > Milky Way > > La Plata, MD > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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