PUPPP Rash During Pregnancy | www.justmommies.com

PUPPP is a rash that can show up during the last trimester of pregnancy. It stands for Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy, hence the acronym. PUPPP is estimated to affect about one out of every 160 to 240 women. Doctors don’t know exactly what causes it, but it presents as a rash on your stomach and then spreads from there. It’s as if you develop an allergic reaction to your stretch marks. PUPPP itches like crazy, and if that’s not bad enough, there’s no real cure for it. It doesn’t go away until after you deliver the baby.