For those of you that have never heard of PUPPPs it is...
Pruritic Uticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy, a benign, severely itchy and painful skin rash, that occurs in one out of 240 pregnancies and leaves the expectant mother in despair for relief.
PUPPP, as some women describe the rash, in a comparison to a feeling of poison oak and chicken pox, generally begins around the abdomen or thighs and can spread over the entire body except for the face, neck and hands. It has the appearance of bumpy, itchy papules that eventually spread to take on the appearance of reddened, scalded skin with welts. It generally feels worse at night and often causes sleep loss due to the intense itch. PUPPP goes away after giving birth.Needless to say I am one of the cursed or was...amazingly enough after much research I think I found a solution. I say I think because I am not completely positive it won't come back. Being the good listener I am, I did what my doctor told me but because they were not hopeful and said that the only real cure was giving birth I began searching for an alternative. I still have several weeks to go before our little girl will be ready and PUPPPs really is like chicken pox at its worst....when you throw pregnancy in the mix...UGG!!!...needless to say I was beginning to be a not so pleasant person to be around. Now this is going to sound weird but I started taking Dandelion. I read many rave reviews online of pregnant woman that swore by it so I tried it for myself and amazingly enough just like they said after about a week my rash was gone. I still have a few marks (almost scare like but I know they aren't) but no itch! No swelling! No rash! It is a miracle! Now I can't say that it was just the dandelion that cured it. I was also using a cream and antihistimin prescribed by the doctor. I'd been using those for a few days before starting up with the Dandelion. At that time they were only subduing the problem not curing it but I can't say the combination isn't what did it. All I can say is "ladies, if you ever happen to get this go to the homepathic section and buy yourself some dandelion!" I am a believer.
Well after many, many, many months of staring at the fabric purchased for the curtains, bumper and crib skirt I finally finished them. Of course like any perfectionist I feel it is full of flaws but I have to remind myself I am not my mom (the sewer extrodinair...I wish I were) and this is really my first time attempt at anything like this. We still have a little more work to go. I have to finish organizing everything and we are waiting on the chair which was purchased from Macys last week. It will be delivered next Saturday but the blinds are up, bedding is done, all major pieces have been purchased. I had a few more hopes and dreams for this room but for now I think they might have to wait. All in all I feel it is coming together pretty well and I am pleased. 
Growing up in one area code and then living in another makes it hard to gather all at once so I was blessed with four wonderful people to host two seperate showers for me and my little girl...one down south and one up north. My first was Saturday, April 4, 2009 hosted by my Aunt Diane and my cousin Megan. It was amazing! They really went all out for me. The food was fantastic. The company couldn't have been better. It was at my Aunt's home in Hazel Dell. Everyone guessed how big around I was and amazingly enough no one got it right but several were VERY close. All mentioned how I was carring which worried me...they all think I look like I am carring a boy. Let's hope this wives tale is false. We received tons of amazing gifts. Everyone really showered us with their love. Sadly I didn't get to many pictures but here are a couple.
