Safe and Effective Ways to Treat Yeast Infections During Pregnancy
Pregnancy should be a happy and joyful time when you eagerly prepare for the arrival of your new child, now worrying over health problems or wondering how a treatment might effect your child. However, yeast infections during pregnancy are not unusual. During the final few months of a pregnancy the chemical makeup of your vaginal area will change to make yeast infections much more likely.
Here are some common symptoms of yeast infections during pregnancy:
- Frequent or painful urination
- Vaginal itching, swelling, pain, or burning
- Pain during or following intercourse
- Any sort of white-ish discharge that is the consistency of cheese and may smell of baking yeast.
Safely and Quickly Find Relief with This Strange Remedy
It is important to note that you should consult a medical professional before taking any sort of treatment for yeast infections during pregnancy to be certain that you do not harm your baby. Normally the risk of natural or topical treatments is low in the final 3 months of pregnancy since your baby’s organs are formed, but it doesn’t hurt to be safe.
Now here are some natural remedies for yeast infections during pregnancy that you can do in your own home (and you probably have most of these things already):
Garlic Tampon – Garlic is a strong anti-fungal agent that, when applied to an affected area can fight Candida Albicans (yeast infections).
To make a garlic tampon, simply peel a clove of garlic. You may want to make sure that the clove is whole and not cut or nicked anywhere, since some women complain of a burning sensation from a damaged clove.
Then wrap the clove in a thin layer of cheese cloth or gauze, leaving a little bit of extra material at the end. Twist this extra bit to give the garlic tampon a tail, which you can use to help romove it later.
Insert the tampon and replace it several times a day for the next 2 or 3 days until the yeast infection is gone.
Yogurt Tampon – This is similar to the garlic tampon above, but it uses yogurt instead. Yogurt contains live bacteria cultures that are actually “good bacteria” that help to fight off things like yeast infections.
When doing this, it is important to use sugar-free yogurt. Candida Albicans actually grows from eating sugar, so in order to prevent inadvertently making the situation worse, use sugar-free yogurt.
Then dip a regular tampon in yogurt and insert it. Change it a few times a day for the next 2 or 3 days until the infection has been taken care of.
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Linda is a certified nutritionist and health consultant that has written one of the most comprehensive resources for eliminating yeast infections in a safe, natural, and quick way that will get you back up to full speed with immediate and freedom from Candida symptoms.