Ha! How did you like that official title? This is not a fun post, but one that I hope may help others when they are desperately searching for answers, even if it's years from now. It's personal and not pretty, but because someone else shared I'm feeling much better, so I'm spreading the love too! :)
So, during my last pregnancy I got this horribly itchy red rash ALL OVER my belly and the top of my legs. The doctor said that it was PUPPS (which stands for something with a ridiculously long name) and said to try a steroid cream. Well by that time the rash was so bad that I was miserable! I couldn't even sleep I was itching so bad. The cream did nothing. I searched and searched for answers and treatments on the Internet, nothing that worked. It got worse. Finally, I found a lady saying that V8 may work. An 8 oz glass at morning and at night. I tried it, along with Sarna lotion to sooth the itchiness when it was bad, and within a week it was almost gone. If I stopped drinking the V8 it would start to come back. The only places left were the really bad spots that had been bleeding. Within 2 weeks even those spots were gone. Now fast forward to this pregnancy. About a two weeks ago I started to get an itchy patch on my belly, as it started to spread that first week I remembered! It's that PUPPS again this pregnancy! I started the V8 and as of this morning it is almost gone. Try it, spread the word, let me know how it works for you.
Now, I promise you something pretty for the next post! :) xo, Sam
So, during my last pregnancy I got this horribly itchy red rash ALL OVER my belly and the top of my legs. The doctor said that it was PUPPS (which stands for something with a ridiculously long name) and said to try a steroid cream. Well by that time the rash was so bad that I was miserable! I couldn't even sleep I was itching so bad. The cream did nothing. I searched and searched for answers and treatments on the Internet, nothing that worked. It got worse. Finally, I found a lady saying that V8 may work. An 8 oz glass at morning and at night. I tried it, along with Sarna lotion to sooth the itchiness when it was bad, and within a week it was almost gone. If I stopped drinking the V8 it would start to come back. The only places left were the really bad spots that had been bleeding. Within 2 weeks even those spots were gone. Now fast forward to this pregnancy. About a two weeks ago I started to get an itchy patch on my belly, as it started to spread that first week I remembered! It's that PUPPS again this pregnancy! I started the V8 and as of this morning it is almost gone. Try it, spread the word, let me know how it works for you.
Now, I promise you something pretty for the next post! :) xo, Sam
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