Understanding The Risks of Pregnancy Yeast Infections and How To Treat Them Safely

Pregnancy yeast infections carry a few risks associated with childbirth and when trying to conceive that every one should be aware of. They should not be taken lightly for your baby's health, as well as your partners.

Some doctors will say it is totally safe to try to conceive even if you have a vaginal yeast infection. This is absolutely crazy thinking, since you are risking the over all health of your partner. During sex, the urethra of the male is susceptible to a male yeast infection. The yeast can enter his urethra and travel up to settle in the prostate gland. This can cause prostate problems in the male in a very short time. He can also give it right back to you at a later time. Carefully consider this before you both make a commitment, please.

If you have a pregnancy yeast infection during childbirth, it has been found that the yeast infection can be given to the infant through the mouth as it passes through the vaginal canal. The baby will usually develop thrush, an oral yeast infection. This will look like dried patches of milk but will not rub off easily and can be very painful for your baby.

When babies are born, they have a sterile digestive system, there is no beneficial bacteria present in their bodies. Beneficial bacteria, known as acidophulis, B. bifidum, and others are introduced by the mother during passage thru the vaginal canal and in the milk along with colostrum, which activates and builds the immune system. These soon to be large bacterial colonies in their intestines are their first line of defense against foreign bacteria, viruses, and fungi. This is why they can easily get an infection during childbirth, they are totally defenseless at that time.

Breast-feeding also introduces the eight essential sugars that are involved in every function in the body, especially the immune system. They are known as monosaccharides and are involved in cell-to-cell communication, the uptake of vitamins and minerals, the disposal of waste, and cellular repair and growth.

Breast-feeding is recommended until the baby is a year old if at all possible. Buy a pump if you have to, to be able to feed them as long as possible. As long as you are feeding or pumping the milk your body should produce it.

If they do get an oral candida infection, oral Nystatin has been found to be very effective as well as safe. Total Immune Booster, VRP Culterelle, and CP-1 will work well also if you do not want to give your baby prescription drugs. Both of these, along with the bacteria in your milk, should take care of the infection in your baby.

I do definitely recommend that if you get a pregnancy yeast infection while pregnant to treat it naturally and avoid modern drugs if at all possible. The precription medicines are extremely hard on the liver both in adults and the fetus.

These are a few risks that you should be aware of about pregnancy yeast infections before your baby is born and not after.

Since yeast infections are caused by a lack of good bacteria and sometimes hormonal changes. I recommend you take a quality probiotic that will establish new bacterial colonies in the intestine and vagina. I would avoid treating the hormonal imbalances until after the baby is born if they do not correct themselves.

The best probiotics to take for pregnancy yeast infections are Total Immune Booster at a dose of 2 capsule 1 x a day minimum, or Custom Probiotic CP-1 at a dose of 1 capsule 2 or 3 times a day minimum. Or Complete Probiotics at a dose of 1 capsule 2 or 3 times a day minimum. Go ahead and review the articles and make your own decision on which one is best for you.

CandidaClear contains undecylenate and caprylic acids, which are fats that inhibit and explode the nucleus of the candida yeast cell. It also contain garlic extract, grapefruit seed extract, barberry root and acidophilus. None of these have any known risks. If you have doubts, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Candida Yeast Management or Syntol are enzyme formulas with no toxicity designed to eat the cell wall of candida yeast with little or no die-off reaction. This is significant because as candida yeast dies it can release over 75 mycotoxins or poisons into your body. The effects on the fetus from these poisons is not entirely known but poison is poison so preventing this from happening is of course very beneficial.

Syntol is the better of the two because it contains good bacteria that CYM doesn't. One of these bacteria is so strong it has been found to kill almost all harmful pathogens in the body including fungi.

Coconut Oil is also totally non-toxic and has been proven to explode the nucleus of the yeast cell from the inside out effectively killing it. You should be cooking with this oil because its heat stable and take 2 tbls by mouth 2 x a day. It is however very high in saturated fat but this should not be a problem while pregnant. It can also be used directly in the vagina to kill vaginal yeast.

All these things are absolutely 110% safe. They will not harm you and your baby in any way shape or form.

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