By the sounds you have PUPPPS. Stupid name for the worst itchiness EVER!!!!
I tried absolutely everything & there were two things that managed to calm it down, not fix it, but calm it down enough to get a few hours sleep at night. Take Polaramine. It is perfectly fine at this stage of pregnancy. Take one in the morning & one at night, don't forget even if you're not itchy, you miss one & you're history The other thing is Dandelion Root, you can get capsules or tea from the health food store. It doesn't help sooo much with the itchiness but it takes the redness & heat out of the rash. My rash was almost halved by the time I had taken three doses, itchiness still there but the lumpy bumpy hot rash was going away.
You can try Aqueas Menthol which is a liquid stuff the chemist can make up for you but it only takes the heat out of it & does not a lot else. Try to keep your bump exposed to the air a bit, the hard part is that a breeze over it will make it itch more Sunlight is good too, but try not to get burnt, sunburn & itchy I can imagine would be even more unbearable. Aloe Vera is good, use the gel not the spray for some reason the spray did nothing for me. Essentially anything that keeps it moisturised *should* help for a bit, maybe just 1/2 an hour at a time, but it's better than nothing. Definitely do not use calomine lotion, it will dry your skin & make it waaaay worse. Tepid baths with pinetarsal are a relief while you're in there, make sure it's not too hot.
My only way to keep it under control was the polaramine, dandelion root & putting creams on every hour or so day & night if I needed to. Hang in there hun it will calm down fairly soon after bub is born if not immediately after birth.
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