How Do You Prevent Or Cure Thrush While Breastfeeding Or Bottle Feeding?
When you are given antibiotics after giving birth, which mothers often are, it sets your blood sugar off balance, which can lead to thrush. Here are a few simple home remedies which can all but cure the dreaded affliction. Thrush can be very painful for the breastfeeding mother and often new moms will be encouraged to give up breastfeeding because of thrush. In fact, you can cure it all by yourself. Cut the sugar. The first thing you must do is quit all white flour, sugar and anything containing sugar. Change your white bread to whole grain, your pasta to whole grain (or quit the pasta altogether). Cut out the candy, chocolate, soda. If you must have fruit juice, limit it to orange juice in the morning with some sort of protein. Babies on formula will be given the same amount of sugar as a breastfeeding baby, meaning, it’s a lot of sugar. But our bodies have evolved to handle the sugar, otherwise why would it be our main food source? It is about balancing the sugar with healthy bacteri