HELP!!! What Is This Rash???

If it is eczema or something like that you need to take a good pharmaceutical grade fish oil supplement. It works miracles on skin conditions, and its good for your baby while nursing! I take Usana fish oils, they are the highest grade quality, no junk.

They are called BiOmega-3 and are about $24 per bottle and are under the Optimizers tab. YOu can go to www.usana.com, click shop, select United STates(login), and click on Optimizers.

You are getting them because of the moisture that collects in those areas. The only way to avoid getting them again is to keep the area clean and dry. Wear a bra that wicks the moisture away from your body. Maybe even a sports bra and undershirt under your clothes. You could also try some powders to absorb the excess moisture to help prevent the fungal infections... once you get it cleared up.

As for treating it naturally... I have no clue on that. I have gotten the cream from the Dr for it and as soon as it went away I just made sure I have kept myself as dry as possible.

Good luck and blessings to you!

Hi Katie,
It sounds like you may have a bout of ring worm. My daughter has had it numerous times over the years and at times we have been able to treat it with otc anti fungles. The DR has at times had to give something stonger to help clear it up, more in the summer when it's hotter. She always gets it in the arm pits and also behind the knees,- warm spots.
The first time she had it I was devistated when the Dr said ring worm, I thought it was something totally different, it's actually a form of chicken pox. As she's gotten older she handles it herself, BUT she waited too long once and it went into shingles @ 16, which is also a form of chicken pox. Why I'm saying all this, check with your Dr to be on the safe side especially since you're nursing.

To sooth the itch, try soaking in a tub with baking soda and a few tea bags. It really works! Also, baby powder with corn starch will help to control moisture and sooth too!

The blisters sound like eczema, possibly. I think you should ask your doctor, though - you don't have to take medicine, but it would be useful to have an actual medical opinion before you start using something on it that might make it worse. You never know - a friend of mine had a mysterious rash that turned out to be a staph infection, which could be dangerous if you don't treat it. And contagious to the baby. (You don't need to see a dermatologist - you can go to your regular doctor.)

My first reaction was yeast, but then I read about the blisters, so that is probably out.

I see Dr.Sanders in Carpentersville and he is very okay with homeopathic treatments (he won't prescribe them, but will give you the diagnosis and tell you it's okay if you don't use his script, if you get my drift... and is supportive of extending nursing too!) and he's in with a DO, but I've never seen him myself (they are with Valley Family Medicine)

Also, there are lots of things that are conventional and still safe, especially topical things and especially as your nursling gets older and weighs more. I'm not in favor of dosing up on anything either myself, but sometimes you have to weigh the pros and cons. Kudos to you for continuing to nurse and educating yourself on homeopathics!

Other than that, I don't have a lot of advice. Have you posted this in the discussion board at mothering.com? There are lots of moms there who know holistic meds and treatments and will take into consideration your BF.

Also, if you ever want to chat, I homeschooled and mostly "unschooled" my daughter through preschool and kindergarten. There are yahoo homeschool groups here but they are few and far between. Try meetup.com too- I have a friend who found one there.

Good luck! It's nice to see like-minded mamas on mamasource.
-M.