Post by trudytrudy on Oct 5, 2015 16:54:55 GMT -5
ktk I forgot to let you know that the symptoms you describe sound exactly like what I'm doing with except I do have a visible rash that looks just like classic eczema. My guess is that you get the hives during the day from frequent nursing and repetitive letdown. And the rash clears up worse overnight because that is when your hormones peak. I was having a lot of trouble sleeping due to the rash and not a newborn baby which is weird. I hope you can get some relief!
Thank you for responding and for the advice! Yes, crazy that THIS is what keeps me up at night. I've never had allergies so this definitely caught me iff gaurd. I also have a visible rash, it starts as small bumps then eventually they run together to one big splotch. In trying to start reducing my oversupply i noticed the daytime was not as bad yesterday, but it still seems to be spreading, and you're apot on about when it flares up.. Well, we'll see what the doctor says this week, although I have my doubts :-(
I hope bringing your supply down helps you. I've still seen a lot of improvement since I took the day off from nursing. I can tell it brought my supply way down, probably where it's supposed to be. I knew it was a risk but it worked out. I'm still itchy at night but it isn't waking me up lately. The hives have lessened as well. The rash/itch/hives situation went from almost unbearable to tolerable but annoying. My supply came down the same time as I had a higher concentration ointment and I switched from eucerin eczema cream to cetaphil cream. Not sure which change gave the most improvement, I'm guessing I got to the source with the OS.