[scrapperjade]

Elora has thrush. I have thrush on my nipples. Her mouth is white, my nipples are on fire & bright red & soooooo painful.

I've been wondering why she hasn't been sleeping well the last few nights. She's been really wiggly and squirmy, and hasn't been settling well. Then she started getting a bum rash (poor little girl), which is pretty mild, but still there. And she hasn't been latching well when she nurses, so of course, I am in pain. I could not understand how come she seemed to be going backwards in both her sleeping & eating - she's been a 4+ hour sleeper since the day she was born, and has never given me a problem in nursing either.

Yesterday I saw some (what I thought was) spit-up in her mouth, and didn't think much of it, even though it never went away. But today it was way worse, even on the inside of her lips! I showed it to a friend who had 3 boys, and all had it, and she said it definitely was thrush. So off to the hospital we went (small town, no clinic open on Sunday), saw the doctor, and got a prescription (can't fill it till tomorrow though, again - small town, no pharmacy open on Sunday).

Ava never had thrush, so I'm at a loss. And I'm frustrated too. I don't *love* breastfeeding at the best of times, so when I get a set-back, I get discouraged & want to give up altogether...