I'm 6 months pregnant and the mid-wife I've been seeing have told me to take benadryl if ever needed. I however can't help yourself to a drug that puts me to sleep all the time. I enjoy hives for a week and a half very soon and can't take it anymore!!! I hold to work and when I'm not doing that I'm a nanny for my brother. I don't have the time to be sleeping so much. I've also tried an oatmeal tub. But it seemed to brand them worse. Any Ideas????

Answer:
cortisone cream

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You need to discuss this beside a doctor to determine what would be an effective treatment and not detrimental for the baby

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Well, you really enjoy to find out what's causing this mild allergic impulse. Have you called your doctor? Of course Benedryl is indicated for hives, although I don't grain that topical Benedryl will solve your problem. So my advise for you is to contact your doctor, and agree to him know what's going on. Keep in mind that a pregnancy is a "commonplace abnormalty", so your body will be stressed out. Best of luck to you, hope you feel better soon.

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CORTAID-advanced 12-hour anti-itch cream. It works really ably and fast. I too own had hives for going on for 2 weeks now. I enjoy been taking one 25mg dose of benadryl when I have a feeling the hives coming on instead of two. It helps hold on to the drowsiness down.
I hope they resolve quickly for you....I know how frustrating they are. I dream up claritin is a non-drowsy antihistamine you could try.

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Claritin (or other brands of loratadine), an over-the-counter allergy medication, is somewhat effective and won't produce you sleepy. It is reasonably risk-free (category B) in pregnancy. The prescription anti-allergy med Zyrtec may be more decisive than Claritin and also is category B.

The H2-blockers famotidine (Pepcid) and ranitidine (Zantac) can be effective supplements to any of the above, although they won't do much by themselves. Both are nontoxic in pregnancy.

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