Re: PUPP in Subsequent Pregnancies
From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Sep 2000 00:50:12 -0500 (CDT)
PUPP rarely recurs in subsequent pregnancies
At Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Richard wrote:
>
>--- Richard Mendelow
>--- bucky767@earthlink.net
>I experienced PUPP in my second pregnancy (not in my first) and I am
>considering another pregnancy. I would like to know any statistics on the
>chances of having PUPP again. The second pregnancy was by a different
>father than the first. I am also thirty-eight. Do these factors have any
>bearing?
>
>Also, FYI, some things that saved me during PUPP (I got it at 17 weeks and
>kept it throughout entire pregnancy): Baths in whole milk, Prednisone,
>Benadryl, Atarax (to knock me out when I couldn't bear it anymore-safe for
>fetus). The whole milk seemed to be the ONLY thing to soothe the skin and
>itching. Sleeping in a COOL room in 100 percent cotton. Baby was born at
>full term, healthy, no complications during birth or after.
>
>I would appreciate any info you could pass on to me on the subject of
>subsequent pregnancies. Thank you.
>
>Jennifer Mendelow
>email:bucky767@earthlink.net
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M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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