PUPPS

No, we are not getting a new puppy -- this is Post #2 of my post-pregnancy complications.  Around the same time as my hematoma findings, actually the day before, my husband and I were in Target and my stomach was itching like crazy.  I didn't pay much attention to it because I thought that it was from my skin and stretch marks (hopefully) shrinking back down to a normal size.  The next day is when I found out the grand news of my hematoma and when I got home I looked at my stomach and it looked like it was basically covered in hives.  You couldn't even see my stretch marks because it was so red and it went all the way up to where my bra strap was and then stopped.  As I started looking around I also realized I had little bumps on my legs and arms so I got on the computer and started googling 'postpartum rash' and found "PUPPS: Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy." This was it... so as usual I tried to survive as long as I could but when I woke up the next morning the rash was all over my legs and arms and then continued to spread until the entire bottom of my leg was red - there was no white in sight.  So I called the doctor again and told them I needed a prescription.  My doctor was not convinced.  Why?  Well because usually - like 99.9% of the time this rash occurs when women are in their 3rd trimester, not after the baby is born.  Less than 1% of women get the rash after the baby is born.  Well when I heard that I thought it made perfect sense that I fit into that percentage!! When I went to the doctor the next week for the check in for my hematoma he couldn't believe how bad the rash was - he said it was the worst case of Pupps he's ever seen.  Great.  The prescription that he gave me the week before was not strong enough and the Pupps just spread and kept getting worse so he gave me a stronger medicine and it looks like I am now on my way to getting my skin back.  I'm still itchy but it's not as bad as it was.  


Again, who thought that I needed to be prepared for all of this after the baby is here?!?