https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:48:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bug-bites-during-pregnancy#post-2253031 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 10:03:33 +0000 Keybee 2253031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like my bug bites last longer when I'm pregnant </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bug-bites-during-pregnancy#post-2252974 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 09:11:54 +0000 blackbird 2252974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine definitely last a week. I'm allergic to all kinds of nasty biting things, though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bug-bites-during-pregnancy#post-2252956 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 09:03:16 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2252956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mosquito bites take forever to fade while I'm pregnant and leave a bit of a dark spot once they are gone! I like After Bite for the itchiness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bug-bites-during-pregnancy#post-2252951 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 08:57:20 +0000 FliegepilzHut 2252951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't know about normal...I'm sure it's individual, but I've had some wicked mosquito bites this summer! Maybe it's because of the increased blood flow (=increased swelling) to the skin? Try 1% hydrocortisone cream! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bug-bites-during-pregnancy#post-2252950 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 08:56:41 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2252950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like my mosquito bites either have been around forever or I just keep getting bit. Mosquitos love me, but it's far worse when I'm pregnant. And my IL's back yard is so bad. I feel like they get annoyed with me when I say I need to go inside because I'm getting eaten alive. I have over 20 from our visit over the weekend :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bug-bites-during-pregnancy#post-2252947 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 08:51:10 +0000 DesertDreams88 2252947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got some bug bites a week ago, and to my surprise they STILL haven't cleared up! To be honest, I was itching them pretty insistently 1-3x a day for the first couple days, so maybe that aggravated them, but about 3 days ago I put calamine lotion on them and bandaid nonstop but they still itch :( I almost never get bit, is this a normal length of itchiness? Since pregnancy supresses the immune system, maybe that's why they're lasting so long?? If you got bug bites during pregnancy did they last this long?</p> <p>FWIW, they are bug bites from kelp flies when I was on the beach last weekend. </p>