Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Itchy itchy! (Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy)

Not only am i itchy to meet my new little boy... but my skin is paying for it as well!!
When i had Benny about a week or so after i broke out in a rash across my belly that not only itched like heck but when i itched it, it burned.... I looked all over the internet, talked to doctors, and even saw a dermitoligist... no one had an answer.... they just said.. "oh you must of gotten poison ivy from somewhere.... Nowi know myself... i do not break out from poison ivy this way... sometimes a little here and there but nothing this bad... and for it to be on my belly...(now growing on to my boobs and thighs) i would have had to been rolling around in it... }=/ so not the case..... Because i was not only up all night with a newborn nursing, but itching as well... i came across a small comment on google that a lady had put up... and from there it gave me all the answers!

*Small red bumps growing in or on stretch marks
*red burning
*irritating
*can not stop itching
*feels like you can rip your skin off

This lady had said she had tried all the ointments and nothing worked... but the only thing that had worked was nasty stinky old "Grandfathers Pine tar soap" and trust me it does not smell pretty but it does the trick.... and by this point you dont care what you smell like... as long as you arent itching anymore!
So i gave it a try and after weeks of itching it started to clear up in a matter of a couple days and i found myself getting less showers a day (cause i would get up to 3 oatmeal baths a day and 3 showers a day!) (NO LIE!!)
So the reason i am writing about this now... is because it has started again... they say it only happens one time but there are cases where it does come into the second and 3rd pregnancies... but it is more common when pregnant or when you had a boy...(something in the male hormone) So yes it has started again.... it was getting bad and everytime i went to the market i would forget to get my pine tar soap..... i used Benadryl for the time being but i felt like that just sugar coated it and when it would start to itch again it would be worse! SO 3 days ago i finally remembered it! Let me tell you... it has already started to clear up! i stink like an old man yes.... but i feel better!!!! I highly reccomend this to people suffering from PUPPP (that is what it is called) short for Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy... (you can also use it to clear up acne (which it has on my shoulders and back already) poison ivy, and bad bug bites)
It is real ladies.... and annoying and i wish someone would of helped me when i was in desperate need!
So Pine Tar soap it is until it is gone!!!! hope it leaves sooner then later! I already will have alot to do as a new mommy again but this time with a 2 year old.. i dont need something else making me uncomfortable!

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