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SunnySideDownUp · 13/10/2016 19:44

I'm 32 weeks pregnant and ridiculously itchy. Mainly in my legs, but prickly all over. I cannot sit still, it's keeping me awake and my constant twitching is driving dh crazy.

It's got worse over the last week, and isn't too bad in the daytime. Just in the evening and nighttime.

Argh. Any ideas on what I can do to help? The usual creams (aveeno, e45) don't touch it.

IonaMumsnet · 13/10/2016 20:17

We're moving this over to pregnancy now, but OP, we would recommend you get checked out sooner than the weekend. Hopefully this is nothing at all and itching in pregnancy can be very common as your skin is more sensitive but previous posters are right - it can be a sign of obstetric cholestasis (especially if is on your hands and feet and if it is mostly at night, which we see it is) which can be quite dangerous. Definitely a better safe than sorry one. Hope all is fine anyway. Do pop back and let us know. If it turns out just to be annoying pregnancy skin, try saliva. We know... But apparently it helps. And also calamine lotion. Best of luck!

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