Pregnancy hives..is it real?

Assalamualaikum and Hi!

I was so quick to think that getting a job that's much better than my dream job in here is the best thing that happened to me in the year 2018. Then, after just 1 month, the thought changed and suddenly I felt at my lowest for a few months.

Then, a miracle happened. 

If you read my previous post, I bet you can guess what I mean:)

Anyway, here, I'd like to write the chronology of how I realized there's a miracle inside of me.

It was Saturday. It's gonna be a long weekend, where people here called it 'sanrenkyu', i.e. a 3-days weekend. I don't know if it's my luck, I've always need medical attention during weekends like this. When most of small clinics are closed, and we will have to go to emergency instead. I've always trapped in a situation that it's not too urgent to go to emergency and yet..I need medical attention right away. Like, allergy reaction or previously, I suffered a terrible food poisoning. I had to wait the next morning and had my husband looked for the clinic that's opened on that day. Usually one clinic will be opened on that public holiday on rotation. Imagine the people flocking..

Anyway, it was Saturday 5pm, when I started to feel so itchy on my legs. It was so itchy, the kind of that doesn't go away even after you scratch it hard. Then when I look closely, I realized that..I was having hives. I could see the hives like climbing up my legs. It was so nasty, I swear it was the nastiest hives I've ever had. Then I looked at the clock. It shows 5pm. Allergy clinic had just closed and so did the other clinics!  OMG...I do not think I can live a second more with hives this terrible.

Being the calm half of the house, my husband walked to the nearby pharmacy with us on tow. He showed the pharmacist my nasty hives, I was immediately given a tube of topical cream special for hives. Aaa..i thought they'd never sell anything like this on the shelf.

Anyway, the hives went away after I applied the cream..so much relief.

Then, when I'm about to go to bed, the hives appear again. And again, I can see they try to climb up my body. Again, I slather my whole legs with the cream. 

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At 3am, Sunday, I was awoken by the itchiness again. The hives was much nastier than before. Now they are up on my scalp and my whole body. I started to have bad thought that this could lead to anaphylactic shock! So, my husband googled and call around to find out which emergency will accept a case like this. We finally directed to the Hiroshima City Citizen Hospital and waited for 2 hours to see a doctor despite of scarce number of patients. The doctor seemed to annoy to entertain my case. 3 hours of waiting from the time the hives appear, the bumps were already less visible. But, I was still so itchy. The doctor gave me two small tablets of anti-histamine. That's what usually happened. If you go to emergency, they will only give you medicine enough for the days until clinics will open again.

I immediately took the meds and finally had some sleep.

I woke up..the hives still there. sigh..

Then while feeling frustrated, I googled 'pregnancy hives'.  I don't know where I got the idea to google that. Maybe I was hoping to get pregnant, plus the hives. 

As a result, pregnancy hives is real even though it was not understood how it happened or proven if the hives is actually related to the pregnancy at all. But many mothers experienced this, although most of them reported to experience hives at the later stage of pregnancy.

That Monday early in the morning, I told 'A' about my theory. He wasn't really excited to agree with me. That's just how he is. Whenever news like this, he doesn't want to show me his true feelings. But I could read hime well already. Especially when he was committed to get the pregnancy test kit first thing. 'A' is synonym with procrastination when it comes to my request for chores...usually. But, this one he was so quick to take action. How can you not read that so easily.

I was supposed to get my period on that Sunday. So, technically, I was just missed my period..emm..less than 24 hour. I did the test anyway because I need to go to the clinic to get more anti-histamine. The hives...still came and go by that time. 

I did the test...and the result was positive.

'A' didn't believe it..he said wait for another 10 minutes..he thought one of the double lines could be disappeared. Usually people wait longer if...there's no double lines 😏

We went to the clinic that was opened that Monday. I showed the doctor my hives and told her about my fresh pregnancy. I also asked her about 'pregnancy hives'. The doctor is very veteran. Her clinic's system is also..I should say..ancient. But she is very motherly and welcoming. The clinic is actually part of her house. What a life to live isnt it??I'd love to work at my home one day :)

Anyway, she said she never heard about pregnancy hives and advised me not to take any anti-histamine😣 unless I really cannot tahan. That was after she ransacked her 'filing system' for drug looking for one that's suitable with early pregnancy. She found none that are 100% safe. 

So, I lived with on-and-off hives for almost 3 months. That's the whole first trimester. It was at its worst in the morning. Probably that was when the pregnancy hormone is at the most high/concentrated. Thankfully, the hives got so much better as time went by. During their last days, they only stayed for a few minutes before disappear and left red maps all over the skin. 

Putting this lonnggg hives story aside, the point is, that is how the tiny human inside of me is telling me that he/she is there :) So early you want to let us know you are there. I think he/she just want us to know early so mommy can take proper precautions as early as possible. Baiklah, sayang :)

Anyway, does any of you get similar experience? 

Do you think pregnancy hives is real?? 

Let me know what you think.

Till then, bye 💕