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Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

eczema in pregnancy

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wheezie · 03/11/2006 14:26

Hi, am currently 28 weeks pregnant and my eczema is worse than its ever been in my life. (maybe it was this bad in my 1st pregnancy but tend to forget). I generally suffer when not pregnant particularly on my face which of course is the worse place. However at mo i feel like crying. my skin is so inflamed, red and looks so angry. i feel awful. the only cream doctors will prescribe is hydrocortisone which makes my skin more inflmaed now after yrs of using it. i was using protopics (tacrolimius) prior to pregnany which helped tremendously. but am no longer allowed to use it. Have tried homeopathy, SOS cream, manuka honey cream. Nothing has worked. I can no longer wear make up to cover up the redness as it makes it worse. i feel so depressed with it. Plus the fact i barely sleep at night doesnt help and feel permamnently exhausted. i know i just have to ride with it and it will improve once the baby arrives. but i feel i needd some support. is anyone else suffering with this at all? i am 34 but look 44 with my skin the way it is.

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twocatsonthebed · 03/11/2006 16:36

You poor thing - I can't help too much, as my eczema seems to have stabilised, although my skin is horribly dry, but one thing that does help with mine is to take Omega 3 and 6 capsules - I take the vegetarian ones, Udo's Choice or something. I'm guessing that the baby is taking more of these out of my system and so I need more than normal.

When I've had bad eczema, I've also found their Eureka cream helps - and it's non steroidal, so is probably fine.

hth

Macdog · 03/11/2006 16:49

You've got my sympathy.
My skin exploded when pg, settled for a while after delivery and has now exploded again.
I've just had aveeno cream prescribed today after reading about it on MN.
click here for info and free sample

MoosMa · 03/11/2006 18:04

I have eczema on and off all the time and it's bad on my growing tummy at the moment. My doctor has told me it's ok to keep using steroid cream like Eumovate and Betnovate while I'm pregnant. You can buy eumovate over the counter if your doctor won't give it to you.

Macdog · 08/11/2006 16:14

Wheezie, just come across this thread again and remembered I used 'Aapri' Moisture Balm on my face.
It really helped. Got it cheap in Savers

How's the skin doing??

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