Canesten

Hi everyone sorry for the tmi question but was wondering if anyone could advice me regarding treating thrush while pregnant. While being examined by midwife and doctor at triage they sent a swab off to be tested and turns out I have mild thrush. They’ve sent a prescription through to my doctors who have checked it and then sent it to the chemist. It’s a canesten combi 1 day pessary and cream. I’ve done the pessary now but read the box afterwards and it says not to take if pregnant but the NHS site says they’re a safe treatment while pregnant. So now I’m worried if I should have taken it or not but the doctor knows I’m pregnant so surely they know it’s safe??? Sorry for rambling I just need some advice/reassurance as I’m panicking about if I’ve done the right thing by using canesten.
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Yes it’s absolutely fine. I had it when I was about 4-5 months pregnant. The oral tablet you can’t take but the pessary is fine. I didn’t use the applicator cos I didn’t wanna go too far up so just used fingers instead.

It’s totally safe if prescribed by a doctor! Some places would advise against using a pessary with an applicator due to the risk of it breaking your waters apparently but my midwife told me that there’s literally almost a 0% chance of that ever happening so I wouldn’t worry some places are just fussy with what the give pregnant women just to cover themselves I had thrush constantly in my first trimester both times and iv always used a pessary and never had any problems x

Completely safe I’ve took it twice after the go ahead from my midwife & doctor. Like above I didn’t use the applicator just my fingers

If prescribed it’s fine! It’s written on the leaflet as it’s available to buy from a chemist and the idea is pregnant women shouldn’t be taking anything without discussing with a doctor first, that’s why they write that!

Yeah it’s completely safe I just finished my course now I had the 3 day course and use the applicator it’s completely fine make sure u have the cream at hand as well cause it gets really itchy down there

Thanks girls you’ve given me so much peace of mind! first time mum panicking and overthinking everything 😂😂

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