Thursday, October 15, 2015

Pain in the A! Or other areas.

I am breastfeeding with only one breast and my son went through a horrible case of Thrush early on that lasted a month. I have been very careful to make sure he didn't get it again. Some of you may find this story completely inappropriate, but I'm blessed to actually be able to laugh at myself. When I was 17 I got my wisdom teeth out and got a bad infection so I had to take Augmentin. This strong antibiotic caused my very first, and my only yeast infection, and I fortunately was able to get rid of it fast. On the 12th I went in for some hefty oral surgery and was given a mild antibiotic. Yesterday (14th) I was sitting around, doing very little (that's what my doctor told me to do) when my crotch started itching uncontrollably. And burning. OH THE BURNING! All I could think is, 'what the freaking crap?' It came and went, and each time it really started going I would go wash and dry my whole crotch. Well last time I started to think, maybe there was something to it. I symptom checked it webmd.com and nothing really came up. So here I sit, waking up 10 minutes ago in extreme frustration. I take off my bottoms, sit in my office chair, grab my hand mirror and look at my lady parts, spread eagle. My whole labia and vaginal area are red, swollen, and evilly itchy! I don't really have a lot of discharge, but soon realized it was a yeast infection. Even as I type this I am nude and sitting cross legged, trying to air out with the appropriate cream on my poor lady parts.