Comments on: Pupp Pregnancy Rash-Coping with Pupps

By: monika

monika — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:35:24 +0000

im 16 weeks and just got pupp and its driving me crazy… the thought of having it till birth is really stressful…
so far anything cold seems to make me feel better… and trying to not scratch but very hard and frustrating
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By: Gabby

Gabby — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:39:59 +0000

I was diagnosed with pupps in my 32 week. I hate it because its bad enough that my stomach already itches and now this. However mine is only on my belly by my stetch marks. I went to my doctor and he prescribed me with me some medcine and it seems to be working. He just said that we will have to keep a close eye on it.

By: maddening

maddening — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:03:16 +0000

I wrote the previous post and my positive attitude has waned. Eight days further in, it has spread across almost my entire body and am no longer able to control myself from scratching freely- even when on a dose of benedryl. This is misery. I just wrote the midwives a crazed email, I am desperate for relief!

By: Maddening

Maddening — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:28:35 +0000

This is truly maddening. Reading everyones comments has been extremely helpful as I feel like I am going crazy. The itchiness has me so irritable, especially at about 9 p.m. and throughout the night!

I developed PUPPS at around 35 weeks- not sure of baby sex yet, and I am now 37+ weeks. It started typical, from the stretch marks on my stomach and fortunately has not spread. Once my my midwife told me what it was I have stopped scratching it all together (except the occasional lapse while sleeping) and that seems to be helping to keep it from spreading thus far.

I’ve been drinking nettle, dandelion root and burdock root tea (from the bulk section at the co-op) throughout the day, applying Vitamin E oil with calendula as needed, and trying to get in a luke warm oatmeal bath at night (just using oats from the bulk section tied in a sock). I’ve also just started acupuncture as some say it may be associated with an over-taxed liver. To make it more affordable, I’m going the “community acupuncture” route so it’s $15/session vs. $60.

The rash seems to be clearing up with the older stretch marks as the red bumps are now only visable on the newer ones. However, if I scratched the older ones, I’m certain the rash marks would return. So while I’ve found no magic cure, it at least seems to be somewhat controlled. Funny saying controlled when it’s 4 am and I’ve been awake since 1:30.

Good luck ladies and may you have happy babies soon (or be enjoying your new one albeit the itchiness)!!!

By: 2BoyzOnTheWay

2BoyzOnTheWay — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:11:45 +0000

I am pregnant with twins, boys of course, and I am 31 weeks pregnant. I think I may have PUPP because eveythin that describes it, I have the same thing. The only thing is that it is on my arms legs belly and neck, but I am also itching a bit on the sides of my face, and almost everything I have read on PUPP has said that it usually or never occurs on the face. Im thinking that it might still be PUPP because some things bother other women differently. When I was pregnant with my little girl, I did the same thing with her at the end of my pregnancy, but it was just on my belly and my thighs and it was horrible rashes that drove me insane. So thats why I think this is what it is and that I have it again. If anyone knows anything about it possibly occuring on the face a little bit please let me know. Thanks

By: Felicia

Felicia — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:12:43 +0000

Im currently 31 weeks 5 days pregnant with a boy. I have had PUPPS since I was 28 weeks..It really does suck like everyone is saying. It started on my stomach and now im covered from head to toe in this rash and I have tried everything from cortizone 10 to 1 benedryl at night which normaly makes me pass out but hasn’t done that lately. I have tried baths in coco butter oil which helps to some extent. I haven’t found a solution as to getting rid of the itching or the bumps but im hoping to find something so I don’t have to go to work in agony from itching. I feel bad for everyone who has to suffer from this and their should be something out their to make us more confortable and make this go away and never come back.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:33 +0000

I had PUPPS during my last pregnancy and it was nightmare - the rash completely covered arms, legs, hands, feet, buttocks and the front of my torso. Only one thing cured me - Grandpas pine tar soap (check your local health food store). It made the rash dry out within 4 days and flake off within a week. Note - since the soap dries out the skin, the itchiness will get worse before it gets better. But it was so worth it to resolve the rash quickly and WITHOUT steroids.

By: Candy

Candy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:09:16 +0000

I just delivered my baby boy last Wed, the 20th (wu hu!) and I still have the stinkin PUPPPS pretty much everywhere but its not as intense as it was when I was pregnant. I tried, Sarna, Calamine, Benadryl, Nipple Lanolin, Oatmeal baths, and Cortizone-10 Ointment. I had the greatest success with the Cortizone-10 ointment because its so greasy. The Benadryl helped me get a little sleep but apparently not much because my husband told me how violently I was scratching in my sleep. When I wake up, I would have new scrapes from digging in my skin so hard.

I tell you one thing, it seems like more research would be invested in this PUPPPS as it truly is the most miserable thing I have ever experienced in my life thus far. I wonder if its to be compared to the misery Job went through in the bible ! Good fortune with your PUPPS ladies !

By: Dale

Dale — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:11:24 +0000

I have been told by my midwife that I have pupps. However, I am only 13 weeks pregnant and it does not itch at all. Perhaps I have been mis-diagnosed? ANyone with any thoughts

By: lauren

lauren — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:17:15 +0000

i am 39 weeks pregnant and i have been dealing with pupps going on 2 weeks now. my doctor started me off on steroid cream which didn’t work so i tried benadryl cream which didn’t work either and then i heard about grandpas pine tar soap. i went and bought some and the smell is absolutely horrible but i was willing to try it anyways…well it didn’t do anything for me. after that my doctor told me to try and go to the tanning bed and that didn’t work. she also prescribed me to an oral steroid pack that lasts for 6 days and my last day to take it is tomorrow and it worked wonders while i was taking alot of it but now that im almost done and i have lowered the doses, im getting it back again. i give up on trying to find something. im just going to have to deal with it until th baby comes! i feel for all of you that have it, it truly is miserable!