In the last 6 weeks I've gotten stretchmarks on the bottom half of my belly and they are just so fricken itchy!!!!!!!!! I haven't actually tried anything to put on them except I did rub some cocoa butter on my belly, i thought rubbing would be better than scratching apart my skin, but now there are little bumps all over my stretchmarks like little pimples (actually more like mozzie bites but YKWIM) which is just making it doubley itchy and almost impossible not to scratch. I have been using the cocoa butter all pregnancy but its like i've had a reaction to it!
I have a midwife appointment today so I'll be asking her if theres anything i can put on it, but thats not until 2 and I was hoping someone could help me NOW because I can't not scratch any longer.
Leah, sadly it sounds like PUPPPS & I swear it has to be one of the worst things ever. I tried so many things to stop the itching & nothing really worked for long.
Aloe Vera might help a little if you've got some, I had a gel & a spray, I found nothing else helped & I tried absolutely everything as I had it for 8 weeks. Once I had my Dr appointment & said I was going to rip my skin off he suggested I take an antihistamine, so I was on Polaramine for the last 3 weeks of my pregnancy. Apparently the antihistmines that make you drowsy are ok in pregnancy, the new types aren't. The Polarmine was a god send, I used that in combination with the aloe vera gel to get some relief.
Other suggestions would be cool baths with pinetarsal, having your belly out in the sunlight & aqueas menthol (it's a solution the chemist has to make up).
Good luck hun, try not to scratch it only makes the stretch marks bigger & the itch worse.
I just remembered -- Dandelion Root! It helped the horrid bumps & redness go down & that in effect helped to ease the itching a little bit. You can get it as a tea, but I had it in capsule form.
Thank you so much guys, I didn't even think of aloe vera And will defiantely try the dandelion root!!!!!! It gets so horrible I wake up at night to it itching, I never knew I could be so itchy!!!!!!!
I feel your pain Leash, I really do. I would wake up to find I had been scratching in my sleep & my belly would be bleeding Try to keep your hands busy as well, the computer is always good!! Silly as it sounds as well, tell Shel & anyone you're around to let you know if you're scatching. I found I'd be doing it unconciously so needed people to remind me not to scratch.
OMG itchy belly is driving me CRAZY!!!!!!
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Sarah's given you some great advice Leash, I remember for me, the killer was when my skin got too dry, so I had to moisturise pretty religiously.
And will defiantely try the dandelion root!!!!!! It gets so horrible I wake up at night to it itching, I never knew I could be so itchy!!!!!!!
Try to keep your hands busy as well, the computer is always good!! Silly as it sounds as well, tell Shel & anyone you're around to let you know if you're scatching. I found I'd be doing it unconciously so needed people to remind me not to scratch.
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