The Pupp Rash is Back!

So on Monday the PUPP rash decided to return! This time it came with a vengance. It itches really bad at night and it looks horrible. Right now it is all over my stomach and my chest. The doctor said it could spread to my legs and arms too. It is not a pretty sight. When I went for my doctor appointment on Wednesday she decided to have my get on the fetal monitor every week now until baby is born. What a headache but I know it will be good for baby girl. Apparently they really do not know why people get this rash except for hormones - most studies say they are unsure why though. Some studies show that it gives fetal distress so that is why I have to get hooked up to the monitor. I guess I am just the lucky one - god only gives me what I can handle, right! So now I take Benadryl to go to sleep at night and rub lotion all day on my belly.

PUPP Rash

So yes I am the lucky one to get the PUPP pregnancy rash! Apparently this happens primarily to women that are 35 weeks along, are pregnant with boys and it last till the end of your pregnancy. Ok so I am only 26 weeks, I am suppose to be pregnant with a girl and oh my 14 more weeks I will go crazy!! So it is suppose to ease off after the first week or two and it has been almost a week. AHHH! May I also add that only about 1% of pregnant women get this horrible rash! So now I am rubbing hydrocortisone cream, Cetaphil lotion and just covering with a cool washrag. So it is doing the trick until it wears off. Then I wake up in the middle of the night going crazy! I guess if it doesn't get better I am back at the doctor next week to get a oral steriod!! Anywho I guess I am just LUCKY!!! Yeah me!