A tip 4 new moms on BREASTFEEDING

Sorry this is long!!! With my first  i had complications so I couldn't breastfeed. But w/my second things were new again & everyone forgot to tell me a VERY important tip about breastfeeding that I feel the need to share. I do keep clean,u know the shower at least every or every other day. But no one mentioned ( and I really never thought of) that you need to keep ur NIPPLEs  super clean and DRY!!! This means after EVERY feeding scrub them clean & make sure they r super DRY. Also change breast pads after EVERY  feeding, EVEN IF PADS ARE DRY!! DON'T SKIP CHANGING THEM EVEN ONCE TO SAVE MONEY...TRUST ME! I wasn't cleaning or changing pads everytime, partly due to i thought i could save money & mostly because I was real busy w/my 10m. old daughter when my son was born. My son started getting thrush at 21/2 m.old & it wouldn't go away! His Pediatricion didn't even mention it could be a prob. on my end ( he is a good ped. doc though). My breasts were reallly sore, the nipples itched rally bad deep in the skin. I called my nurse and he told me to put nystatin on the nipps but that didn't work! My sons thrush kept coming back & my nipples still HURT! Then I Goggled my symptoms the night befoore my Doc. appt. and found out I prob had a "DUCTAL YEAST INFECTION". SURE ENOUGH I  DID HAVE THAT. They suggested to first try washing ur nipples after feeding w/viniger (i smell like pickles..LOL) and then put an anti-infective on them called "GENTIN VIOLET". Be very careful handle this stuff!! It stains EVERYTHING!!! But it's safe for the baby & it gets rid of their thrush. Now this works for most poeple  (hopefully 4 u) because the Alt. medication is a pill  called Diflucan that costs $10 A PILL! You need to cut down on sugar, cheese, and carbs, and take acidophilis, yogurt, garlic tabs. You need to boil all bottles, pacifiers & ur bras after every use. U r supposed to change bras at least once or twice a day & wash, then boil in bleachor vinager. I hope this is helpful to someone.