How bad are your symptoms? I have been wanting or thinking about getting pregnant, but I decided to wait. I have been very ill and there is no way I would have made it thru a pregnancy. And I am concerned about how my serious health issues would have impact. The questions you ask no one will really be able to answer for sure. Especially not a Dr. We can all give you our opinions. If your candida is not debilitating I believe you can handle it if you are healthy otherwise. It is only 9-10 months we are talking here. Being pregnant does predispose you to higher Sugar levels in the body and that can raise your amount of candida. You may have a job ahead of you trying to get rid of it after you have the baby if you decide to do so. But there are things I would do if I was in your position that might help. Get on a well rounded candida diet. Get plenty of exercise such as brisk walking or whatever is safe for pregnant women, trampoline is good but safe for pregnant women I am not sure. Drink lots of water. Eat plenty of greens such as salads lightly steamed veggies etc. This should be the bulk of your diet. Do not allow yourself to become constipated under any circumstances. Take supplements and extra calcium, magnesium and vitamin c with zinc. Eat lots of raw garlic may 3-4 cloves per day minimum. Take psyllium in the morning to clean out your bowels of the mucus where candida hides. Now most people add caprylic oil ( coconut oil) and Bentonite clay to remove toxins from the bowel, you would want to see if that is safe to do while pregnant but I am sure the psyllium alone is fine. This will keep you regular if you do it everyday 1-2 times daily on an empty stomach an hour away from a meal on either side and drink lots of water. Also, Grapefruit-Seed-Extract ( grapefruit see extract ) is good to add to psyllium...again check with Dr. first. Also , many people like to drink a green drink everyday. These usually consist of wheatgrass, barley grass , kamut etc. Yes, it is actually grass. Some of them taste rather good. The idea behind this is too get plenty of highly absorbable minerals while neutralizing toxins created by candida. This , in my opinion is critical. You do not want to have a bunch of acid toxins floating around while pregnant and subjecting the baby to this. This is where I feel the most danger lies along with being deficient in minerals which is even worse.

And last thing I can think of is to take plenty of EFA's ( essential fatty acids) in the form of organic virgin olive oil and fish oil(mercury free of course). Plenty of it.

Michelle

Do find a doctor that will help you with the candida while you are pregnant.

I discovered only years after having my daughter that the health difficulties I had experienced, as long in life as I can remember, were caused by candida.

My daughter seems to have received the problem in utero. As an infant, she was colicky (we're talking screaming all night every night for months), she never had good energy - never ran around like other kids, was irritable, and a host of other symptoms. She struggled with depression, anxiety, attention problems, and more.

I wish I had been treated when pregnant!!!! It would have spared both of us so much!
The medication, "nystatin," is an antifungal that is not absorbed into your system. It passes through, killing candida along the way, but would not affect your baby. There are doctors who treat the candida with nystatin and a diet. This approach would be safe during pregnancy, as long as you also make sure you don't get overloaded with toxins, like Michelle stated. I would not feel so sure about other antifungals, though.

We are both being treated successfully.

you cannot detox while preg.

wait until birth to deal with it. DO NOT TAKE FISH OILS while preg. fish can have high amts of mercury in them. too much mercury in the system will harm the developing baby's kidneys and nervous system and give them problems for life. they cannot heal from developmental issues.

same with wheatgrass. it detoxs you. stay away from it.

preg. can cause a candida reaction in the body. do not worry. its totally normal. if you are still sick post birth you can detox then. unless you are breastfeeding. you should not detox when breastfeeding either.

I have been going through some shit this past year or two. HOWEVER...IM pregnant and making it through my pregnancy. i CAN share some things i've learned/read and experienced. HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU AND IS THIS YOUR FIRST CHILD? THX.

Remi96's advice seemed pretty good, however I do want to interject that I have read wheatgrass is something to avoid with Candida. (the body ecology diet). Psyllium husk is also something that needs to be taken with caution because of its expanding nature. Garlic is a wonderful antifungal, but what makes Candida so tricky is that it is extremely adaptable. That means garlic taken raw will be effective for probably about 2 weeks if taken everyday, a few cloves a day. After that Candida starts to form resistance, so the trick is to switch up the antifungal food every fortnight. For example, switch from garlic and ginger everyday, to Pau D'arco and clove. Personally, my biggest improvement with Candida occurred after I started drinking kefir everyday, and eating fermented veggies like kimchi, or fermenting my own. 100% biggest change, I know I wouldn't have seen any change in my immune system if it hadn't been for that. I've been struggling with Candida since childhood. Only in the past 9 months or so did I start a real kefir regiment and wow what a change. (always plain of course) coconut water kefir is incredible too! I'm 12 weeks pregnant now and I've noticed for sure its harder to keep yeast infections away :( but I have kept it under control so far. But good luck! Reading the body ecology diet book really really gave me insight. She also says childbirth is a wonderful opportunity for cleansing the body, that many women experience lowered Candida levels afterwards due to the massive body cleanse that occurs. Though it is so very important to make sure your baby has good healthy bacteria to start its immune system and life with. Hope all goes well and gets better. -lena