Itch itchy itchier!!

Oh my I need sleep! I thought I would be able to get some sleep last night, and recover from an amazing weekend. I had a busy shabbas, with a bunch of friends, for a good friends shalom zachar. Then on Sunday I had my family's chanukah party, and at night I spent it catching up on earns I have been procrastinating on. I thought I would get an amazing night sleep with such a weekend, but my body deiced otherwise. I was up for hours feeling SO itchy, I was going insane! I brought cream to my bed, and kept on just reapplying, to get temporary relief, I may have used almost half the bottle.

Itchy skin is very common in pregnancy, especially by your growing belly. It is because your skin is stretching and becomes moisture deprived. One of the worst, but hardiest thing to do for itchy skin, is to scratch it. scratching will cause it to get more irritated and will only make it itchier, so STOP SCRATCHING! 

You may also be itchy from dry skin, and yes you can blame dry skin on your pregnancy, not only on winters. Our hormone changes, causes us to get dry and leaves us feeling itchy. If your like me, who just want relief at that moment, I'm afraid were out of luck. But there is things we can do to try and prevent it.

I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, but your long hot baths or showers can be causing you to be dry and itchy. So avoid hot and long baths, if you can.

Use unscented soap, some scents can be the cause of your irritation. And make sure you take off all the soap, and towel off lightly. 

Take an oatmeal bath, no don't just go pour a cup or oatmeal in your bath tub, there our special products for oatmeal's baths.

Drink plenty of fluids to keep you and your skin hydrated.

Avoid the humidity, and the heat of the day. Not that it is hot out now, but for future reference.

Moisturize after you showered or bathed.

Applying a cold and wet compresses can help as well.

If you are itchy all over, and its not because you are dry or because of your growing belly, and you developed a rash, its time to mention it to your doctor. Even if you did not get a rash, but you are itchy all over your body, give them a call. Being itchy all over, WITH OUT a rash CAN be, Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP), a liver problem, that pregnant women can devolve. (I caps the word 'can' because I don't want you to go freak out that you have a liver problem, but talk to your doctor for more information!) Itchiness WITH a rash CAN be Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP) which is also common in pregnancy. 

I'm not going into details about, what they are and what to do. But don't just brush off your itchiness, mention it to your doctor and let them determine the cause of your itchy skin . As you can see, it can be as simple as dry skin or something more serious, like a liver problem. 

Okay enough talk about itchy things, it's making me so itchy and all I wanna do is scratch! But remember no scratching! I no it's was easier said then done!

Here's what to look for in up coming posts!
Babies heart beat!
My no show baby bump!
Memory loss?
Interviews!
Product reviews!
The advantage of exercise!
and much much more!

Happy Motherhood!!