How did your PUPPS start???

BabyCarryingVessel

I've read some of your posts about PUPPS and I'm wondering if it's what I have? From what I've read it usually starts on the belly. I woke up from a nap earlier and my wrists were itchy but there weren't any bumps. It didn't get any worse all evening. But then after I went to bed.... Holy cow!!!! I've got an itchy rash all over! I took a benadryl but it is not helping. I have an ob appt tomorrow so hopefully she can tell me what this is. If you have PUPPS, how did it start?

LaurenSara518

Mine started on my belly and luckily did not spread beyond that- I think it started right around week 35. My stretch marks on my belly were getting a lot more distinct around that time and from one day to the next, it started getting incredibly itchy. I diagnosed myself and then the dr confirmed it the next day. They said I could use an antihystemine, but it didn't do anything. I think putting ice on my belly and moving it around a lot was the only thing that gave me temporary relief. GL.

pea-kay

I think mine started on my belly, but I had what I thought was a heat rash on my butt and the backs of my legs at first (from being in the hospital bed for a few days), so maybe that was the PUPPS starting, but then it was on my belly and arms and legs. Awful.

lovemygs

Belly to wrists to hands to ankles to feet to knees. Nightmare!

laraashleyt

I just got diagnosed with PUPPs today from my OB. Mine started last Thursday with excessive itching and little bumps on my stomach.  On Friday afternoon I had the same itchy bumps on my arms. From top to bottom. This weekend it spread to my legs. From thighs all the way down to my heels. It itches SO bad. I've tried Benadryl pills and creams, but that is only minor relief. Couldn't take it anymore so I went in today and my OB prescribed me a 3-4 day steroid pill pack, and a higher dose anti-histamine for nighttime. Hopefully this will get rid of it. If I go full term for twins, I still have 2-3 weeks left. Can not take the itching that long. Hopefully you can get something from your OB. Don't wait....it just gets worse!!!!   

jasonlovessara

Mine was on my legs first... good luck.  that was just awful

FabTutus

Mine started with just obsessive itching on my belly and forearms and a bit on the legs (not much but still) and in just 3 days it progressed from just itching to red bumps all over my belly. It was horrible, I literally felt sick and was preparing myself for another 7 weeks of pure itchy misery, but then I did an extensive research on-line on natural ways to treat it and bought almost all CVS when it came to ointments and such. My obgyn was on vacation so I was seen by her sub and she prescribed me prednisolone which I read is not FDA approved for pregnant women and is a class C drug so of course I wasn't going to take it (the dosage was crazy too - 6 pills a day, then going down to 5, 4, 3, etc). I don't trust meds that were never approved so to be on the safe side I decided to try to deal with it by using natural remedies and here they are:

 

1. Aveeno oatmeal bath (comes in packages to dissolve in a bathtub but instead I used that stuff to make sort of a "compress" - I dissolved one packet in about 2-3 glasses of water, bought gauze pads and surgical pads, dipped them in that oatmeal substance and put on my belly for about 20 mins. Instant relief from itching, felt so nice to stop the itch for just a bit!

 2. After I would wash the oatmeal off my belly, I used to put calamine lotion (the pinky suff that smells awful but helps a lot) - during the day and Sarna with menthol and camphor at night. It provides this numbing and cooling effect and that's the only lotion that could let me sleep for a bit. My PUPPS was pretty bad and I couldn't sleep at night how bad it was.

 3. I sometimes used the A+D First Aid Ointment but I am not sure how much it was helping, I couldn't feel anything going on but some women say it does help.

4. Banana peel. Works magic, I swear! I needed about three large bananas to cover my belly, so I would peel them, place the peel on my belly, tie some gauze bandage around my belly to make the peels stay, and kept them that way for about 20 min a day. After I took them off, I'd wash my belly with a soft wash cloth and put some of the above mentioned ointments on.

5. Drink at least 2 glasses of V8 juice a day. I can't tell you what the connection is, but I found this info that V8 juice helps a lot with PUPPS so I would drink it all day! Great source of all sorts of good things for baby too!

 6. Grandpa's Tar soap ( ordered it off their website and it was delivered within 5 days). Ahh, the smell is horrible but ladies - it helps! I got 3 bars preparing myself for weeks upon weeks of battle with PUPPS but with all the treatment I described the bumps went away within a week. 

 I hope this information helps. It is a horrible thing to deal with PUPPS, I know that, and I hope with all my heart that these simple remedies would ease the pain and itch for you ladies too!