Pic & Question - is this PUPPS?

[~Kaz~]

Hi,

Up until a couple of days ago I didn't have any stretch marks on my belly - only a few small ones on my right hip.

A couple of days ago I noticed these lines but because they weren't great big angry red welts, I wasn't sure if they were stretchies (it's a bit hard to see atm and at first I thought they might have been more spider veins or something). Almost simultaneously I found my belly was itchy - usually when cooking or in the shower. It hasn't been itchy all pg.

Anyway - here is a photo https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...6&ppuser=12805

Does this look like PUPPS? The heat factor and look of them tell me maybe it is but since I have started to think this I have made a conscious effort not to scratch. I have been mostly successful in ignoring it which makes me think it's not PUPPS because from what I have read, it drives people to the brink of insanity and it's impossible not to scratch.

[{sarah}]

Oh Kaz hun I think it's the start Mine looked like that & wasn't too itchy in the first few days, but then it became unbearable.

Hopefully bub will arrive before it gets any worse.

[Shanti]

If you are itchy all the time then I'd say it is..... I got PUPPPS it was bl@@dy awful....

I hope it doesn't get worse for you. Mine was alot worse than that (as in dark red welts) and very painful. I found cold showers helped and cold packs and cold wet towels on your tummy.
Hope bub arrives very soon for you!

[~Kaz~]

Oh dammit!!!

Thanks for your quick replies girls. I suspected it was from my googling yesterday but was kind of hoping it wasn't

I have just been debating in another thread about whether to be induced on Monday night or whether that is too early for this baby and had thought I would wait another few days (if a hoped for u/s tomorrow comes back with no problems).

Aaarrrggghhhh!!! Now I don't know what to do. At the moment the itchiness is bearable because I am staying distracted (BB is great!) and not letting myself itch. I know from my early itching that scratching doesn't make it go away.

I shouldn't whinge too much though because I know many women (yourselves probably included) have this for weeks whereas I will only be putting up with it for another 2-5 days as I'll likely be induced by the end of the week if bubs is still a no show by then.

[AliBaby]

you poor thing I hope that the itch doesnt get too bad or that baby decides to arrive very soon so you don't have to put up with it for very long.

[{sarah}]

If you can bear it, I would hang on. It might not get any worse & giving birth sometimes isn't enough for it to go, there was one BB member that got it after birth.

[~Kaz~]

after birth - oh the poor thing.

Yeah, I think I am leaning towards hanging on. What's a few days in my whole life? I've actually had a pretty "easy" pregnancy up until now - everybody gets something don't they??

Thanks for the hug Ali - I'm hoping Dot decides to arrive sooner!