38 weeks pregnant with PUPPS..Please help!?

I went to my doctor and asked her about why my legs are so itchy this pregnancy and she suggested that I may have PUPPS, but I don't really have a terrible rash and it is only on my legs. So I am not really sure if it is or not, but here are some suggestions that I have to relieve the itching:

-Make sure you have a hard bristled brush beside your bed every night. I can't sleep a lot of nights without it. As soon as I get into bed at night, before my legs start itching beyond belief, I scratch all the spots that I know will soon be itching. It really really helps my sleep at night.

-As soon as I get out of the shower, I immediately lather a thick lotion all over my legs. Sometimes I about go insane with itching if I don't do this immediately!

-Try not to shave your legs everyday. I have found that this only adds to the itchiness. Or, if can without looking like a man, try not to shave the super itchy parts of your legs like the thighs. This helps a little.

-Eucerin is a thick, almost Crisco like, lotion that is supposed to help with super itchy skin. I have never tried it, but my doctor recommended it to me. You can get it at any drug store.

I really hope that you get this figured out because I know how annoying it is to not sleep due to itchy skin!

I got that when I was 24 weeks pregnant. Oh man did it suck.

I also got it where you have it.

At night I took a warm shower and before I went to bed I would take warm wash clothes and lay them on my legs, belly etc.

It helped long enough I could fall asleep and if I woke up in the middle of the night I just did it again.

I hope this helps. And good luck it will be gone soon.

The only true relief is delivery of the baby. So maybe you should try some things to help your little one along. I mean you could try hydracotizone cream and oatmeal baths etc. But It wont go away until the baby is out. Try walking, castor oil, sex (with orgasm), use a breast pump to stimulate contractions....... or maybe you should just go to labor and delivery and tell them to look at it and you cant take it anymore. I know the hospital I delivered my son at delivered babies to moms who had that problems on the day they went in complaining of the rash. In any event good luck and I hope you don't have to go another 9 days like this!

I used gold bond medicated anti itch lotion when I had this and it worked great! (it's in the green bottle). Very soothing. I did have to re-apply every couple of hours but it did the trick. I hope this helps!