Q: I'm pregnant and feel like I have alligator skin! I'm covered in rashes and I itch so bad at night sometimes I can't sleep. What do you suggest to ease the itch?
A: My first pregnancy everything seemed pretty smooth all through the first trimester then I hit that nasty third trimester! I woke up one day and noticed that I had huge red rashes all over my legs and arms and feet. I was petrified!! The doctor said it was called "Pupps" or "The pregnancy Rash." It's usually pretty rare. However leave it to me to get it.
For weeks I would be up all hours of the night digging, and scratching till I was bleeding!! I looked it up on the Internet to see what exactly it was and from what I found they don't know for sure what causes it but they speculate that your body is allergic to it's own placenta!
In the middle of changing OB's my new OB recommended that I take Benadryl at night to help me sleep and put the benadryl cream on the rash to help soothe it. Well for me the cream didn't help but the benadryl pill at night did! I took 1 every night and after about a week the rash was completely GONE! This doesn't work that way for everyone but it will help to ease the reaction.
Also a few weeks ago my cousin in Texas asked me about this same thing, I told her about the benadryl but also about using a basic hand lotion from Arbonne (which I sell if anyone needs any). I sent her a few samples of it and so far seems like it is working!
Make sure you always check with your doctor first on any rashes, or problems you might be having during your pregnancy before you try to treat it yourself.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Q: What do Contractions feel like?
Q: What do contractions feel like? We're all warned as first time mommies that they will happen, but nothing really tells you what it will feel like?
I had so much confusion about contractions during my last few pregnancies, probably mostly because no one ever explained it to me in detail about what to look for in a contraction. My first pregnancy, my water broke at 35 weeks, and then I didn't have contractions until I was induced, baby number 2 I had pre-term labor and only experienced a crampy/achy menstrual type feeling. I never thought it was a contraction, but after going to the doctor and getting checked I was actually progressing from them.
So that is where the confusion came in! By baby number 3 I was having unbearable pain in the top of my stomach so bad I couldn't breathe at 15 weeks until my water broke at 38 weeks. That ended up not even being a contraction even though it felt like one. It was a gallbladder attack that was miss-diagnosed as acid reflux! They kept saying you will know it's true labor when it starts at the top and radiates down your belly! But it was doing that, and it wasn't like that with the last two and I was in labor!
So the best way I've ever heard it explained is, if you make a muscle with your arm, and hold it there for a LONG period of time as tight as you can, and get tighter and tighter as you hold it. That is the closest thing to what a contraction actually is. The pain will get gradually more intense your stomach muscles will tighten from the top to the bottom gradually, tighter and tighter just like your arm muscle for periods of time starting slowly and getting more and more intense and closer together as time passes. It is possible you will also feel cramps or pain in your back as this happens.
Because of my experiences if you are having any type of cramps, achy menstrual type feeling in your lower back, or an intense contraction, contact your doctor right away so they can check you out and make sure your not in progressive labor. Better safe than sorry!
I had so much confusion about contractions during my last few pregnancies, probably mostly because no one ever explained it to me in detail about what to look for in a contraction. My first pregnancy, my water broke at 35 weeks, and then I didn't have contractions until I was induced, baby number 2 I had pre-term labor and only experienced a crampy/achy menstrual type feeling. I never thought it was a contraction, but after going to the doctor and getting checked I was actually progressing from them.
So that is where the confusion came in! By baby number 3 I was having unbearable pain in the top of my stomach so bad I couldn't breathe at 15 weeks until my water broke at 38 weeks. That ended up not even being a contraction even though it felt like one. It was a gallbladder attack that was miss-diagnosed as acid reflux! They kept saying you will know it's true labor when it starts at the top and radiates down your belly! But it was doing that, and it wasn't like that with the last two and I was in labor!
So the best way I've ever heard it explained is, if you make a muscle with your arm, and hold it there for a LONG period of time as tight as you can, and get tighter and tighter as you hold it. That is the closest thing to what a contraction actually is. The pain will get gradually more intense your stomach muscles will tighten from the top to the bottom gradually, tighter and tighter just like your arm muscle for periods of time starting slowly and getting more and more intense and closer together as time passes. It is possible you will also feel cramps or pain in your back as this happens.
Because of my experiences if you are having any type of cramps, achy menstrual type feeling in your lower back, or an intense contraction, contact your doctor right away so they can check you out and make sure your not in progressive labor. Better safe than sorry!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Q: What cloth diapers do you suggest?
Q: What cloth diapers do you suggest?
A:My personal favorite would be Swaddlebee's All in One Diapers with snaps.
When I first started cloth diapering it was because of my amazing Sister-in-Law Heather who researched things until she knew everything about them! She helped me out a lot with showing me the ropes. When I thought about cloth diapering I thought NASTY!!! I would NEVER do that! However Cloth diapers are so much different now than they used to be. They are so easy especially if you get the "all in one" diapers that you just roll the poop off in the toilet and throw them into the washing machine!
My first diapers I tried were the Inserts, which I liked but they were still more work than I wanted to do. Washing them, stuffing them and then double stuffing for night time! Then I tried the fitted with a cover, and wool covers. Again too much work for me. Having three babies in diapers, and tons of laundry without the diapers I needed something simple and quick which for us turned out to be the all in one.
A great website to find more information on Cloth diapering is www.Diaperswappers.com. Here you can find info on anything you want to know about cloth diapering, as well as a market place to buy used cloth diapers at 1/2 the price of new diapers. Which again I recommend and have done several times. Also if you keep watch on the Swaddlebee's website that I posted earlier, you can sometimes get 1/2 off deals on new diapers from the outlet.
A:My personal favorite would be Swaddlebee's All in One Diapers with snaps.
When I first started cloth diapering it was because of my amazing Sister-in-Law Heather who researched things until she knew everything about them! She helped me out a lot with showing me the ropes. When I thought about cloth diapering I thought NASTY!!! I would NEVER do that! However Cloth diapers are so much different now than they used to be. They are so easy especially if you get the "all in one" diapers that you just roll the poop off in the toilet and throw them into the washing machine!
My first diapers I tried were the Inserts, which I liked but they were still more work than I wanted to do. Washing them, stuffing them and then double stuffing for night time! Then I tried the fitted with a cover, and wool covers. Again too much work for me. Having three babies in diapers, and tons of laundry without the diapers I needed something simple and quick which for us turned out to be the all in one.
A great website to find more information on Cloth diapering is www.Diaperswappers.com. Here you can find info on anything you want to know about cloth diapering, as well as a market place to buy used cloth diapers at 1/2 the price of new diapers. Which again I recommend and have done several times. Also if you keep watch on the Swaddlebee's website that I posted earlier, you can sometimes get 1/2 off deals on new diapers from the outlet.
What is Mommy Advisor?
For the past few months I've had several friends come to me in search of answers, remedies, or advice on their newborns, nursing, giving birth, Pregnancy, and what should they buy for their new baby! After answering a list of these long extensive questions I thought, why not just start a Q&A blog! Let people ask questions and I'll supply them with an answer depending on my experience with products, my four children, and any other websites that have been helpful to me that I can pass along for information.
Feel free to email me at 3minicoops@gmail.com if you would like an answer to your questions!
Feel free to email me at 3minicoops@gmail.com if you would like an answer to your questions!
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