https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:44:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/itchy-baby-bump-is-itchy#post-129829 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:54:24 +0000 tequiero21 129829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had pupps but I was definitely more mild than the ones I've seen online. I didn't want steroid cream because who knows what that does to the baby. I just put cool, wet towels on my belly, which helped w the itching. Itchiness went away within the week.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/itchy-baby-bump-is-itchy#post-129814 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:46:29 +0000 SugarplumsMom 129814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@owlwho: Thanks for your post, I've never heard of PUPPS before your post. I looked it up and it looks pretty scary! It must have been horrible having to put up with the itch while breastfeeding!</p> <p>So far, mine doesn't look like that. I absentmindedly scratched a spot raw while online and put witch hazel on it afterwards - both on the raw bit and the other side that was just itchy. It HELPED! </p> <p>That was a few hours ago and now (after looking at it in the mirror) it's starting to itch again. I'm gonna apply more witch hazel to see if it works.</p> <p>Thanks so much for your replies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/itchy-baby-bump-is-itchy#post-129786 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:34:50 +0000 skibobrown 129786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I had a very itchy belly for the last half of my pregnancy. Nothing much worked unfortunately, so I just tried to ignore it. Also, if you're using any lotions, make sure they are very gentle. You could be allergic to an ingredient! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/itchy-baby-bump-is-itchy#post-129778 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:30:21 +0000 Mrsbells 129778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have extremely itchy belly. sometimes i run to the bathroom just to get a good scratch lol.. but now the skin around the belly button is all stretch and is feels sore almost.. so i cant scratch it... very frustrating! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/itchy-baby-bump-is-itchy#post-129777 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:30:13 +0000 bpcmarj 129777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only had it for a couple days, but it was unbearable! Nothing worked to make it go away, unfortunately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/itchy-baby-bump-is-itchy#post-129772 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:26:17 +0000 regberadaisy 129772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard that belly itchiness is normal but I never got it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/itchy-baby-bump-is-itchy#post-129734 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:03:51 +0000 heffalump 129734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hated itchy belly! I tried all sorts of creams and lotions, but nothing helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/itchy-baby-bump-is-itchy#post-129728 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:01:33 +0000 owlwho 129728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ask your OB about Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy (PUPPS). My twin had it starting in her 3rd trimester (throughout summer months!) and I prayed that I wouldn't get it! Except that I got post-partum PUPPS and it lasted for about 4 weeks. When I asked my OB on the phone, she said PUPPS is rare and postpartum PUPPS is rarer and more likely the itch was from hormone changes. I saw her a week after delivery and she confirmed and apologized and said there was really nothing I could do but wait it out. Since I was BFing, she wouldn't rx me steroid creams and the OTC stuff didn't work.</p> <p>The itch started in stretch marks and became small bumps that came together to cover almost the entire itchy area. I want to think the areas were raised from irritation, they were red and inflamed (google search PUPPPS and that's what it looks like). I think my sister tried tar soap, oatmeal baths, sarna. They all give brief relief but nothing cures it. Anti-itch creams didn't work. Frozen or chilled washcloths helped too. I forgot all about PUPPs, for good reason! It itched like hell and nothing helped and I had to wait it out. And try not to itch them, it only makes it worse!</p> <p>I hope yours is just a short-lived itch and not PUPPs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/itchy-baby-bump-is-itchy#post-129603 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:36:32 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 129603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had some itching and I had been using aquafor. I found out that I was developing a lanolin allergy (and aquafor has some lanolin in it). I switched to a coconut based oil and the itching got much better, though it didn't completely go away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/itchy-baby-bump-is-itchy#post-129602 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:35:39 +0000 chopsuey 129602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eek!! I didn't have belly itchies until AFTER my lo was born. So odd. Anyway, I think it's natural since your skin is stretching! I would keep it lathered up with lotion and drink lots of water! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/itchy-baby-bump-is-itchy#post-129598 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:33:49 +0000 SugarplumsMom 129598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 29 weeks and my tummy just started to itch on the side where I'm developing stretchmarks. It's now traveled to the other side, where the other stretchmarks are. I know that the itching only aggravates the stretchmarks forming, but I can't help it!</p> <p>Is this normal? </p>