Recurrent thrush

Got it twice in the first trimester 😒 used the applicator both times and no problems, it cleared it up straight away. It was prescribed by the doctor and she didn’t not tell me to use the applicator… or the pharmacist who gave it me and knew I was pregnant so unsure why you would be told this x

I am facing this and it’s just so annoying !! 3 times already been treated until 2nd trimester

Constant and it’s driving me mad

Why carnt you use the inserter? I used it x

Yeah never had this with other pregnancies very annoying

I had it in the first trimester, was told by gp not to use applicator , but when went to pharmacist and mentioned this she said she had pregnant women come for 20 years and always advised to use applicator no issues, so i used it and no issues, thrush went in 4 days.

I have got thrush ATM and was prescribed the pessaries x 7. Which she also said not to use the applicator for. It is a bit annoying as I feel like they are not up high enough and some of it leaks out. However I’m in day five of them now and the thrush definitely seems to have gone x

I had suffered thrust from day 1 up until about 5 months, I had been using the cream over and over and the longest it would go is a few days, a week or two max and then be back again over and over again! Eventually I bought the internal cream (not external one) and it was in a little tube applicator which I made sure to not put too far up (the worry is hitting the cervix) and there was so much cream in the applicator I didn’t need to insert it far for the cream to reach the top! I have not had thrush since then! The cream I think was just sorting the external irritation but not the thrush from the inside reinfecting the outside causing a vicious cycle! I feel stupid for not using it earlier on as it’s been an uncomfortable 5 ish months! (Almost 7 months now)

Hi @Shaynie what cream was that. Doctors prescribed me pessaries for 7 days. Did you buy the cream yourself or was it prescribed. Thank you

@Puj it was the standard canesten one, just like the pessaries but it comes in a cream form also.. a combi pack so comes with external cream and internal cream. I bought it off of Amazon as it’s hard getting a GP appt and the last I contacted they just gave me external cream with no mention of anything else! So I went and done a lot of research and they say you can have pessaries and the rest so bought the cream there as I don’t know if it’s available in pharmacies to buy.

That’s good, I will try to find it too. If the doctors are ok with the internal cream too, I believe it’s a good option than pessary

Yeah I didn’t want to do the pessary during pregnancy simply because I didn’t want it falling out because I didn’t put it in high enough🤦🏽‍♀️ I used this just before going to sleep so less came out every time I needed to go toilet and I was surprised with how much less mess there was afterwards! I haven’t needed to use the external cream more than once at that time as the internal fully sorted the issue. Hopefully you can find it because it was a nightmare before I tried it out.