Last night when Eric came upstairs and found me sobbing in the bathroom - again - he called the on call doctor. I think he ended up talking to one of the midwives, who said to try an oatmeal bath, Unisom instead of Benadryl, and call in the morning for an appointment. The oatmeal bath was worthless - it felt sort of good while I was in it, but I wasn't supposed to have the water too hot, and my tub isn't big enough to submerge myself in, so mostly I was just cold and uncomfortable. The Unisom did help me sleep and it didn't make me nearly as sick as the Benadryl had, but it still seemed to knock Seth out pretty good which I hated.
I called in sick this morning and we went to the Dr. and saw this perky little Nurse Practitioner who was very sympathetic but reiterated that nothing's really going to make the PUPPs go away except having the baby :( She did refill my Triamcinolon cream and said I could keep using that. She also prescribed some Vistaril, which is an antihistimine that is supposed to help the itch as well as get me to relax and sleep without making the baby all groggy. I've been researching that online and haven't decided quite how I feel about it but I am leaning towards trying it once just to see.
Anyway, I got checked as well and the baby is low, I'm 1cm dilated, and my cervix is soft and forward, officially FAVORABLE! Yay! So that means I could get induced after 39 weeks if I wanted to, assuming he doesn't come on his own before that. So we'll see...I've been really conflicted about what to do at this point. All this time I've been set on having a natural childbirth - so what's the point of that if I'm just putting all these drugs in my body now and even considering an INDUCTION????? But I did not anticipate having to deal with this PUPPs nonsense at the same time. :( Once again I'm having to learn the best laid plans of mice and (wo)men often go awry.
On the plus side, I did get a note excusing me from work, which takes a lot of stress off. It's difficult to find any clothes I can be comfortable in, and bras are totally out of the question.
So in my ideal world, the rash would completely go away and THEN I would go into labor. I can't imagine dealing with both at the same time although I am sure labor pain will trump anything else that's going on. So here we go! Waiting waiting waiting. Maybe I will go for a walk and see if I can get things going.
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I felt the same way the last couple of weeks of my pregnancy when I had the worst stomach flu ever followed by a nasty chest cold. I hadn't taken any drugs (not even Tylenol I don't think...except for once or twice maybe) up until that point. I was determined to tough it out. But you know, there comes a point when it's not good for the baby for you to not be sleeping, to be totally stressed out and miserable. For me, I couldn't even keep any water down so I was worried about getting dehydrated. So, I just did a lot of research and made sure I was taking the most trusted, least harmful of the options. Don't feel guilty about doing what you have to do for your sanity. After all, your state of mind affects Seth too.
Let's just hope and pray that you go into labor naturally soon and that your PUPPS goes away so you don't have to make a decision about induction. I wouldn't want to be in your shoes making that decision.
Whatever you decide though, we all know it won't be a decision lightly made and you certainly won't be getting any judgement from this corner.
Oh, my mom also said you might try a baking soda bath. I don't know. I guess you've already tried everything else. It wouldn't hurt?
Eagerly waiting to see what Seth decides to do this week...
Hugs
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