Itchy Belly

I'm afraid it sounds like stretching skin causing the itching. I had the same thing and bio oil made it worse but my hubby swears by it - obviously not for pregnancy itching or stretchmarks He's a long-distance runner and it helps his skin.

Have you tried avocado oil or just smearing avocado over your belly, it's actually nicer than it sounds. Also adding fish oil into your diet could help, but hopefully it'll be transient but be prepared for periods of itching throughout your pregnancy on and off. You could go to the GP and ask for an anti-histamine like chloramphenicol which is safe in pregnancy. I had it when I had obstetric cholestasis in my last pregnancy and had the most amazingly itchy hands and feet.

Hope it doesn't drive you mad
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I've been having that too, and I've already got stretch marks else where figure my tummy ones will match.

I simply don't have stretchy skin. Its a strange sensation for the first time in my life I feel like I can feel my skin stretch.

Have found anything to relieve it either, apart from a good scratch.

Search PURPP - a number of us have had it and it can be really hellish. It may be that (though it's quite early for PURPP) or it may just be the reaction to the skin stretching.

I loved Aveeno moisturiser - that was one of the few things that helped. At the worst, I was having hydrocortisone cream, calamine and Aveeno. I don't recommend the first two without medical supervision. Baths with baking soda or oats are really good.

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Hi Asicsgal

I have used this for the last few weeks and it seems to work for me! My tummy wasn't mega itchy but definitely enough to bother me. Since using this I have had no itchiness :-)

Hope you find something that works!

Cool C&J...good to know you can get it at Kmart

I like it too because it is so easy to use! I like the spray bottle as opposed to fiddling around with tops and bottles etc

Good luck! nothing worse then itching that doesn't go away.

hello, i can recommend Mahu lotions, they seem to really helped me with the intense itching. also palmers cocoa oil itchy skin relief seemed to do the trick. i believe its the skin stretching so make sure you are oiled up and moisturised

I've got the same thing (with a rash)... and eczema on legs and arms.. itching like crazy

I found it helped to wear breathable, natural fabrics against my skin - so merino or cotton ... basically I ditched the synthetic singlet tops I used to wear under my clothes as an extra layer.

Plain aqueous cream helped, and when bad I use hydrocortizone to relive the itching.

And I think Flissty means PUPPP (pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy)

I had it too, i used mahu body oil worked well for me. love there stuff!

Yep my tummy was very itchy throughout my whole pregnancy - I used just standard Nivea moisturiser & bio oil (I alternated days as I preferred moisturiser more but thought bio oil might do more good!) twice a day and it definitely eased the itching if I kept up with it. I didn't end up with 1 stretch mark on my tummy - am not sure if this was down to the regular moisturising or just genetics.

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I used to use almond oil and it seemed to work well, up until about a month ago. Now I have an itchy rash all down one side of my belly - it's driving me nuts!   
I've stopped using everything - no soap or moisturiser or almond oil and it still hasn't gone away.

I'm due on Thursday so hopefully baby comes out soon at it goes away! I looked up PUPPP on wikipedia Flissty and it looks exactly like the photo in the sidebar.