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TashaAndBump
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I went to the docs today as Anna has thrush on her tongue. Anyway they wouldn't let me see a doctor for that, so I had to see a nurse. No problem as they can prescribe treatment for thrush.
Except, oh yeah, they were STUPID!
First they didn't believe Anna had thrush, like I'm her mother I think I would know! She has a thick white coating on her tongue, it hurts both of us to nurse, she's constantly rubbing her tongue on the roof of her mouth / teeth to scratch the itchiness... My nipples are SO sore they hurt like hell! When feeding I get this toe curling, drawing pain right inside of them... 
So anyway I insisted that she does have thrush (she's had it before so I know the symptoms!) and eventually managed to get her to prescribe some oral drops for her, but she insisted on taking a swab first to send off to make sure I wasn't wrong!
Anyway she finally went off to get a doctor to sign this script, and when she got back I asked her if I could get a prescription for myself as it was uncomfortable for me as well. And she looked really confused and asked, "where are you uncomfortable?" and like pointing at my nipples with an inquisitive stare as if to say, "surely you don't mean uncomfortable on your nipples?!" haha! So I said, "yes on my nipples" and she said, "Oh it's highly unlikely you'd have thrush on your nipples!"
I thought it was common knowledge that thrush can be passed from person to person? And that if you treat one person (breastfed baby or breastfeeding mother) for thrush you should treat the other because other wise they will just pass it back and forth from person to person?
I told her this but she just ignored the fact I have sore nipples and told me to treat Anna and the swabs would come back soon and they would let me know if she was taking the drops unnecessarily.
She very obviously did not believe that either of us has thrush and so in the end I was not given anything for my thrushy nipples
and they hurt so bad! I might try putting Anna's oral drops on my nipples...
It'll be interesting to see what those swabs come back with!!
Except, oh yeah, they were STUPID!
First they didn't believe Anna had thrush, like I'm her mother I think I would know! She has a thick white coating on her tongue, it hurts both of us to nurse, she's constantly rubbing her tongue on the roof of her mouth / teeth to scratch the itchiness... My nipples are SO sore they hurt like hell! When feeding I get this toe curling, drawing pain right inside of them... So anyway I insisted that she does have thrush (she's had it before so I know the symptoms!) and eventually managed to get her to prescribe some oral drops for her, but she insisted on taking a swab first to send off to make sure I wasn't wrong!
Anyway she finally went off to get a doctor to sign this script, and when she got back I asked her if I could get a prescription for myself as it was uncomfortable for me as well. And she looked really confused and asked, "where are you uncomfortable?" and like pointing at my nipples with an inquisitive stare as if to say, "surely you don't mean uncomfortable on your nipples?!" haha! So I said, "yes on my nipples" and she said, "Oh it's highly unlikely you'd have thrush on your nipples!"
I thought it was common knowledge that thrush can be passed from person to person? And that if you treat one person (breastfed baby or breastfeeding mother) for thrush you should treat the other because other wise they will just pass it back and forth from person to person?
I told her this but she just ignored the fact I have sore nipples and told me to treat Anna and the swabs would come back soon and they would let me know if she was taking the drops unnecessarily.
She very obviously did not believe that either of us has thrush and so in the end I was not given anything for my thrushy nipples
and they hurt so bad! I might try putting Anna's oral drops on my nipples... It'll be interesting to see what those swabs come back with!!
Surely she should know that it's a very common problem that's easily passed from mother to baby if you're breastfeeding?! And if she was going to treat Anna she should have realised that there's no point without treating you as well. 
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...I'd definitely go back to the docs - or can you phone them and say that you've been given a prescription for Anna but not you and one without the other is useless...see if they'll just leave a prescription at reception for you - that's all I did when I needed more, so I didn't have to wait for another appointment x
