PUPPP

I just went to the doctor's this morning after a night of no rest from all the itching...I have been diagnosed with a classic case of PUPPP. Christine was hesitant to prescribe any steroids for me at this point and wanted try some basic over the counter stuff like Claritin and Benedryl. She said that there was really not much we could do. Once the baby came, the rash would go away. She also said that it's most likely a reaction to all the estrogen that my placenta is producing. Less than 10% of women get PUPPP. The only good news is that it doesn't usually reoccur, so if I got pregnant again, I probably wouldn't get this again.

Christine has also induced many women who have had PUPPP because it becomes pretty unbearable. Imagine having poison oak itch all day long for seven weeks. She said that if I couldn't take it, we could induce labor on June 17, about 10 days earlier than my due date. I'm not sure if I want to go down that road, but I'm also not sure how I can take seven more weeks of this rash. It's truly unbearable! ARGH!!!