Postpartum Hives?

Pretty sure antihistamines are safe when breastfeeding, perhaps best to do quick check with a pharmacist though

I had this within 1 week of giving birth and the doctor prescribed me fexofenedine and a steroid cream and aveeno moisturiser I had it all over my body and I totally feel for you! It’s horrid. I also bought aveeno oat milk bath soak to help take the itchy away and sat in it every day for 10 mins. Helped with the itching. I had fragrance free body wash too, used simple. Hope your get better soon!

me!!! i’m taking antihistamines recommended by a pharmacist that are safe for breastfeeding, it’s the only thing that helped as i was so itchy i couldn’t sleep. sorry to hear you’re struggling with this but glad i’m not alone!

@Hannah ah thank you! I didn't know this could be a thing 😭 but will try the oat milk bath and my 6 weeks check up is soon, if it's not better by then I'll ask the doctors if they can prescribe anything! Sorry to hear you had to go through it too! Hopefully you're feeling better now!

@Edricia thank you!! I definitely didn't know this could happen. Might pop to the pharmacist to get some antihistamines before I visit the GP. I hope you've recovered and are feeling much better now!

This is my third baby and I have only experienced hives for the first time this time round! It only occurred at night time and lasted around 2 weeks and then stopped. It was so strange, I wonder what causes it

I can’t believe this is a thing, when i spoke to a GP she referred me to an allergy clinic but it sounds like post partum hives are a thing from a quick google?😅 I’m a week into taking antihistamines but i’m scared to stop incase they come back…

I get this! I actually wonder if it's a low iron thing as this can cause it. So can stress and... well this season of life is rather stressful 😅😬

@Edricia did your GP know it could be related to pregnancy? I'm not usually allergic to anything so this feels so out of the blue for me!

@Kim I'm not sure either! Did you take any antihistamines or use any creams for it?

@Amy Google says it could be hormonal too but I'm not sure what is true 😂 but it's definitely a stressful time. I can't believe it can happen though, I'm not usually allergic to anything!

Yeah I just took one before bed every night until they stopped. I am breastfeeding and read it was safe to take as otherwise I wouldn’t have coped. I just read about the low iron comment above which is interesting as I had low iron all of a sudden just before I went into labour!

Yeah apparently so! It’s so itchy and I do really feel for you! Took 2 weeks for it to heal. Hopefully you can get something sorted asap!

funnily enough they didn’t mention it could be related to pregnancy! i had one occurrences of hives 13 years ago they never found an allergy for so put it down to stress, so i assume stress could play a role here too but it’s so bizzare!