I'm hoping someone can help me... Yesterday morning I woke up with a rash all over the lower half of my belly which is very itchy and today it seems to have spread up higher to now cover all of my belly.
I've been doing some reading and it says this generally occurs in the third trimester and I am only 19 weeks today, but as I'm having twins my belly looks like I'm about 28 weeks along. It also states that it seems more prevelant in twin pregnancies and if you are having boys... Snap on both counts here...
I've been using sudocrem to try and reduce the itching and redness as I don't know of anything else that would be safe during pregnancy. It is just scary to think I may have this until the twins arrive (in another 19 weeks) and I still have the heat of summer to deal with as well.
Does this sound like PUPPS and if so what remedies would you recommend. I don't have my next OB appt until 17/1.
I'm not sure hun. I had pupps in the third trimester of my last pg and it was truly horrible so I feel for you! My rash was red lumps/spots that spread along my stretchmarks. The itching drove me insane. As hard as it is try not to itch it as it spreads the rash and can cause scarring. I found icing the area and aloe vera cream the only things that helped. If it is pupps I think it will only go away after you give birth so fingers crossed for you that it's not! It's probably worth getting it checked out at your drs to be on the safe side.
Hi Kelly, another twin mummy here too! I woke up on Tuesday with exactly the same thing - on Monday I thought I was starting to get stretch marks and then on Tuesday, it was soooo itchy and covered in red bumps. I used paw paw ointment on mine and spent most of the day with my top pulled up. The next day it was gone, thankgod. If it hadn't, I was definiately heading to the dr's or at least giving the midwives a call to see what they thought. The itching was awful. My sister rang the pharmacist she works for and he said you can use cortisone cream if it is driving you really loopy but use it very sparingly. The paw paw did the trick for me, although just typing about it is making me itchy again
MrsC: there don't seem to be too many twin mum's to be on here (or maybe I can't find them) and I'm finding this pregnancy so different to my one with DD with some of the things I am now suffering from or just the fact that everything happens sooner as your tummy is so much bigger so much earlier.
The red bumps have seemed to have gone done today after lathering myself in sudocrem but the itching around the stretch marks that are forming around the bottom of my belly is so irritating although I've been good and have avoided scratching. If it keeps it up I'll head off to the chemist tomorrow to see if I can use anything else...
oh and MrsC the belly shot in your sig looks so petite compared to mine and I'm about 7 weeks behind you....
Last edited by TaRhLi.; January 1st, 2011 at 05:38 PM.
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I had urticaria during pregnancy. I really hope it's not PUPPS - it sounds really awful. Urticaria was bad enough. I found sudocream made it worse. I ended up taking Polaramine and it worked. I hated taking it but was told it would be OK. I also found having lukewarm baths with baking soda helped. The main thing for me was to avoid heat.
I'd see your doctor. If you're worried, called Rodney Whyte at Monash Medical Centre - he's the go to person to ask about drugs during pregnancy.
Went to the chemist today and he told me to use Pinetarsol on the inflamed area (so I now smell like really old Pine disinfectant) and he told me that I can take Claratyne wihile pregnant to help reduce the itching. So I'm going to take for the next couple of days and hope it helps. He seems to think it might be PUPPS which has been aggrevated by the hot weather on NYE - great I still have all of summer to go - hopefully these remedies help so I can get through summer without too much discomfort on the rash front, dealing with the heat will be another thing.
Could I have PUPPS???
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