Itchy, dry skin patches on body in very early pregnancy.

[fells]

I have just done a positive pregnancy test - probably only 4 to 5 weeks pregnant. In the last week the skin on my face has become dry and flakey and I have also got little dry, itchy patches on other parts of my body. Do you think this has anything to do with pregnancy hormone etc or is it completely unconnected?

[babbler]

yes proberly related, i too experienced this, oh by the way congratulations. I had to coat myself in moisturiser throughout pregnancy.

[honeybunny]

Congrats fells- definitely sounds pg related. I've done this in all of my pgs to date. This time its been my face...eyelids and corners of mouth, and sacrum!

[Poo2]

Me too - have always had dry skin, and it got even worse when pg. I recommend E45 lotion. Its cheap, non-smelly, really effective and comes in large squeezy bottles! Congratulations on the new bean.

[MrsBigD]

congratulations. and most likely pg related. Had that problem too, to a degree that the skin cracked. E45 helped and also a pregnancy oil gel thingy from boots. Unfortunately can't remember exactly what it was called now but it was pink! and smelled nice.

I also found drinking lots of water and not using too much soap helped. I tried Dove shower stuff but that made it worse!

[orangina]

congratulations! I have had the same thing (am now 19 weeks) on mainly my face, but also my hands. Lots of water as mrsbigd said, and I found that almond oil on my face is almost the only thing that will help there..... btw, the dry skin is just the tip of the pg iceberg i'm afraid!