OMG TMI

[girliedreamz]

I've been exercising like a demon even in the Cali heat (90+ degrees yesterday – ugh!). Yay, go me!
Only yesterday I noticed a super itchy, red rash between my breasts. Turns out, it's a yeast infection from them rubbing together as I exercise and sweat. Ewwww! I'm now forced to use jock itch cream on my breasts for the next two weeks. Wow, do I feel sexy or what?

[LilithWiser1979]

Don't feel bad! I got that in my crack the first summer I was in Arizona. It happens to most of us who don't want to let the heat keep us from an active lifestyle. Some antifungal powder goes a LONG way to keeping the infection away. Good on you for including exercise in your sway! Keep it up

[Hopingforaprincess]

I've been exercising like a demon even in the Cali heat (90+ degrees yesterday – ugh!). Yay, go me!
Only yesterday I noticed a super itchy, red rash between my breasts. Turns out, it's a yeast infection from them rubbing together as I exercise and sweat. Ewwww! I'm now forced to use jock itch cream on my breasts for the next two weeks. Wow, do I feel sexy or what?

What part of Cali are you in?

[blueeyedguys]

Coconut oil & tea tree oil work great getting rid of it/keeping it at bay. Just melt a little coconut oil in your hand, add a couple drps if tea tree & put it on the yeast. Twice a day to get rid of it, once a day for a few weeks after it seems gone & every other day or so to keep it away. You could change it up with any other anti-fungal essential oil. Gold bond medicated also helps with prevention.

I get the darn things nearly every summer.

[atomic sagebrush]

I had that FOREVER under one boob (well it sure felt like it!) when I was nursing my first son and doctors back then were so stupid that they had no clue what it was and said "your bra is rubbing you". So I just lived with it for like 6 months before I noticed that when I made sure it stayed really dry, it got better. o.O

[girliedreamz]

Thanks for the commiserations and advice! The cream is slowing working. It's getting better... but still lovely and itchy. Bah. I'm baby powdering whenever I exercise now, too.

Hopingforaprincess - I'm in nor. cal...Silicon Valley. Thankfully, it's cooled down a bit here in the last couple of days. But I can only hope I fall preg soon, because running in the heat is going to be no fun as the summer goes on.