Pregnancy Yeast Infection Treatment

January 24, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Pregnant women often wonder if a pregnancy yeast infection treatment should be any different from a regular yeast infection treatment.  Are there any chemicals you need to look out for?  The truth is that there are many treatments for yeast infection that you do not want to be taking while pregnant as a lot of chemicals used in treatment are downright toxic, even to you!  A lot of the over-the-counter medications contain boric acid which is a toxin to avoid.  So with this in mind, try out these safe alternatives:

1.    Yogurt

One pregnancy yeast infection treatment which will be safe for you is the ever popular yogurt treatment.  Simply get some sugar-free yogurt and dip a tampon into that then insert it vaginally.  The healthy bacteria in the yogurt will work to kill of the harmful yeast in your system.

2.    Cranberry Juice

There’s certainly nothing wrong with drinking some cranberry juice, it is tart and tangy and it also keeps yeast from being able to stick to the insides of your body.  It literally flushes yeast out of your system.  Drink a few glasses of this a day to see the benefits.

3.    Virgin Coconut Oil

This is another treatment which won’t cause you or your baby any harm as it’s coming straight from nature.  Just take up to 3.5 tablespoons of virgin coconut oil each day until your symptoms subside.

Now keep in mind that while these pregnancy yeast infection treatment methods will get rid of your yeast infection symptoms, they will not kill off the yeast spores.  If you want to prevent giving your yeast infection to your newborn, you should look into killing off these spores with one of the few treatments that can kill them off: click this link to have a look

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