>Hi all - yesterday I saw a mother of a 9 day old baby.  Mother was literally
>covered in a patchy rash, advised that she was now recovering, but it had
>started a couple of weeks before delivery on her abdomen and spread very
>rapidly all over.  Intense itching.

Pamela, could this be the same thing as PUPP? I think that is the acnonym -
can't remember exactly what it stands for (Perinatal Urticaria ....??), and
I think it is caused by hormones. Perhaps someone else can help here. I had
this nearly 13 years ago with my firstborn, and my obstetrician knew what
it was straight away, so I assumed that it was relatively common.

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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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