Mom-EM rash, nursing newborn

Our daughter pulled a tick off her 2 days before giving birth. Now, 2 weeks later she has a 1/2 inch across bright red mark surrounding the tick bite. She is nursing the baby.

Moms who had lyme while nursing, what did you do?

She is going to family doctor today. I don't know how educated these doctors are about lyme but we live in an tick endemic area.

What should she tell doctors?
What should she ask about antibiotics?
Anything else to be aware of?

Thank you for your reply. Yes, the bacteria in the milk is my concern as well.

I had an appointment with an LLMD in our area for myself a few months ago & was disturbed by the fact that
1) he insisted on tests that I would have to pay for out of my pocket that I knew weren't going to give an accurate diagnosis--bart & babesia.
2) his staff would not supply us with any prices for the treatment they recommend

So I did not return to him & instead continued on the Buhner protocol I had started & added more protocols as I realized symptoms were related to different co-infections.

There are at least 2 LLMDs in our area but they have mixed reviews. The one doctor above, & then another doctor. I've read complaints of the same--the staff would not share prices for treatment & they got belligerent about the issue. And there was an article about the 2nd doctor, the one I did not go to, where a 22 yr claims she lost her gall bladder because of all the antibiotics he put her on for a 6 month period of time. The 1 antibiotic causes gall bladder problems. But when she questioned the doctor about the pain he was dismissive. She went to the hospital & they had to remove the gall bladder, & then they told her that in their testing of her, she did not even have lyme.

I am not enthusiastic about medical treatment in the first place (altho I know they have their place), but the personal experience I've had with a LLMD & then reading similar complaints makes me uncomfortable with LLMDs as well. The potential for abuse & taking advantage of a scary medical condition seems too real.

I do understand from what I've read, that early stage lyme responds best to antibiotics, so I don't have a problem recommending my daughter go to the family doctor for antibiotics. The concern will be if the doctor is educated enough to have her on them long enough. And the other concern is the baby.

I'm hoping moms in the same situation will respond to this thread with their advice so I can help educate my daughter. She is not in agreement with me treating my lyme & co-infections with herbs, despite my results, & so I know at this point she will only want antibiotics. Since I don't know anything about that course of action I was hoping to get feedback from those with experience.

Yes, I understand.

She is going to the family doctor, who very likely will put her on antibiotics today.

She just doesn't see the need to go to a LLMD & pay premium prices out of pocket.

Thank you, all, for the advice.

She went to the doctor late this afternoon & doctor wasn't sure it was a EM so he ordered blood work & did not prescribe an antibiotic, I presume because of nursing. He said it is very unlikely the lyme was passed on to the baby in utero & he never heard of lyme being passed on thru bfing.

<sigh> It's enough to try to convince my daughter that the doctors don't always know enough about lyme to treat it properly, let alone deal with a doctor who is uneducated.

When she came out of the doctor's office she was kinda bouncy & happy that the doctor doesn't think it's an issue. Then I had to be the one to throw cold water in her face. So I guess I'll pray that if she truly has lyme that it will show up in the blood work so she takes it seriously. And pray that the baby doesn't get it thru bfing in the mean time.

Maybe before its too late she could read some previous posts of mothers who were breastfeeding or just mothers with Lyme and co that gave birth and their children are infected.

This is a serious matter, Md's make mistakes every day not properly diagnosing Lyme and em rashes.


Many of us are proof of that.

I don't want your daughter or the babe to suffer when it can be prevented.

Will the father or other grandparents listen?