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Not sure what is going on... Possible LS

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renee72446
renee72446

I gave birth to my last baby may of 2016. I am breast feeding and got my period back at 18 months postpartum and have had 2 so far (21 post partum now). Six months after he was born I started getting very itchy above my clitoris to the right of it and occasionally on my perenium. I do not have any white patches and have seen my doctor (he has only looked) and says he thinks the itching is due to me breastfeeding. My question is can LS stay is small spots and not spread? Do white patches always show up after a certain amount of time? I do not have any disappearing of parts. I sometimes get little fissures in my perenium. I'm just terriefied that its undiagnosed LS.

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  • kay70189
    kay70189 renee72446

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    Hi renee

    Been dealing with LS for 4years. Any way i had to go to physio yesterday i have a prolaps.While the nurse was taking notes she told me that now if you give birth and are breast feeding there is a drop in your hormone levels and this can bring on LS . What can happen is they can give you a pessery full of hormones to help. Im in the UK Oldham hospital. Never heard of that before but that did happen to me but the meds just said it was a yeast infection. Years ago with my first child.

    Hope this helps

    Kay x

    • renee72446
      renee72446 kay70189

      Posted

      What kind of symptoms did you have when you were nursing? I'm a nervous wreck with thinking its LS

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