For about 5 wks now I have been dealing w/ the itchy scratchies off and on.  Pregnancy usually carries with it the usual skin stretching and dry skin issues, but this goes WAY beyond that! 

When I was pg w/ K, I had some issues, but when I changed bath soaps and quit any lotions, I ended up just fine.  Easy fix!  But this time, no such luck.

I asked around on the MOMYS board and here are the 2 "diagnoses" I ended up w/:

PUPP

Although, the symptoms didn't quite match up, I thought this could very well be it.  I sort of treated it as if it were this, but niggling in the back of my mind was the warning that it could be this...

Cholestasis

I knew how very serious this could be and the itching really did supersede ANYTHING I had ever felt before, so at my last dr's appt, I told my dr. about it and she ordered the test right away.  She really felt as if PUPP were not the issue b/c I was not broken out anywhere.

Well, I got the results back, everything checked out normal.  A relief, but at the same time a disappointment...here I sit itching for NO GOOD REASON!

The Prognosis:  Like all pregnancy related symptoms, once baby is born, I am sure all prior itching will disappear along w/ the memory of the prior itching.  Thus making it easier for me to forget just how uncomfortable pregnancy can be.  Thus making me more likely to do it again in the near future! LOL