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Home Remedies For Itch Relief in Pregnancy

The following may help in mild itch in pregnancy:

• Baking soda paste. Take three parts of baking soda powder and one part water and mix it well. Apply on the itchy rash.
• Baking soda bath. Sip one cup of baking soda in a warm bathing water and soak for about 15 minutes.
• Oatmeal bath. Grind some plain (non-flavored) oatmeal in a food processor until you get fine powder. Sip one cup of the powder into a bath. Be careful since a tub with an oatmeal bath may be very slippery.
• Olive oil, almond oi, castor oil may be appropriate for the dry itchy skin.

Safe, Over-The-Counter Products

Probably safe to for the itch relief during pregnancy, but speak with your doctor before use:

• Calamine lotion
• Diphenhydramine cream
• Diphenhydramine pills
• Epsom salt bath
• Lactic Acid/Salicylic acid/Urea cream mixture
• Lidocaine cream
• Loratadine pills
• Menthol cream
• Witch hazel lotion (for hemorrhoids)
• Pine tar soap

Safe Moisturizers

• Moisturizing creams that contain stearic, linoleic, linolenic acid, isopropyl myristate, ceramides, cholesterol, glycerine, glycolic acid, hyaluronic acid, lactic acid, sorbitol are probably safe to use in pregnancy.

Side Effects of Certain Topical Products

• Dimethicone cream may cause itching.
• Lanolin may cause eczema.
• Mineral oils (aqueous cream, petroleum jelly) may cause itching.
• Allergies after applying practically any skin product are possible.

What Does Not Likely Help in Itch

Aloe vera, calendula lotion, primrose oil, tea tree oil, vitamin C, D, E, K creams are less likely effective in relieving itch. Vitaimn A and retinol products should be avoided during pregnancy.

Read which anti-itch cream is appropriate for which type of pregnancy itch

Manipulating the body’s “energy pathways” with hair-thin needles - as esoteric as

that sounds - is easily the most well respected complementary therapy popular in many countries around the world. Even NIH researchers, America’s medical standard bearers say - there’s plenty of evidence that acupuncture works (much of it in the more than 2300 studies conducted on the technique). Dr. Hiranandani, a renowned acupunturist pioneered the use of Laser & Ultrasound in acupuncture area and is now a standard text in acupuncture institutes all over the world. Most common uses of this technique is in back pain, asthma, headaches, bladder problems. Dr. Hiranandani’s studies led him to -

“the conclusion that few illness had single causes and that healing the mind body and soul required help from many sources.”

According to him acupuncture can relieve migraine headaches and can often lead to a cure. One study found that after several treatments, women who had three or more urinary tract infections in a year, all experienced less pain and fewer recurrences. Plan on 6 to 10 visits before seeing results in some instances of acute migraine attack, says Dr. Hiranandani,

“pain relief may occur within 5-7 minutes which is faster than any drug.”

As small as the needles are, acupuncture isn’t always painless. It’s usually not awful, just a dull ache. But it’s the action behind that ache that counts. The needle, paced at key points on the body, is thought to stimulate the release of chemicals and balance energy flow (or qi) , says Marshall H. Sager, D.O., President of the AAMA. Charles May, MD, a family physician in Cleveland, finds the therapy soothing and ha sought treatment for muscle injuries, even bronchitis and the flu:

“I didn’t know what to expect my first time, but I found it incredibly relaxing and there was minimal discomfort.”

Infertility in female is a condition where a female is potentially capable to become a mother, but unable to become one due to some problem. Sterility is a condition where a female does not produce eggs or ova. Her egg count is zero. Due to absence of eggs the female is unable to conceive.

But advancement of modern medical sciences have made it curable to a great extent. At first conventional methods of treatment should be tried, medical management, certain lifestyle changes like stopping smoking and alcohol, regular sleep, regular moderate exercise, supplementation of vitamins and minerals are advised. Male partner should also be investigated and treated, if some problem is found. If after investigations it found that the male partner is normal and the female partner does not have eggs, at that time artificial insemination is done with eggs from donor.

Artificial insemination is the last management form in treatment of infertility and sterility. Artificial insemination is done by fertilizing the donated eggs with the sperms of the male partner. Artificial insemination can be done vivo (inside the body) or in vitro (out side the body in test tube). After in vitro fertilization, the fertilized egg is transferred to the womb of the female.

In most countries, egg donation is strictly controlled by Government agencies, and has to follow very strict norms. Both egg donor’s identity and the recipient’s identity are kept secret. The egg donor has to be a healthy person and without known genetic deformity. The egg donor should not be suffering from AIDS or other viral and bacterial infectious disease. Consent of both the partners is mandatory for egg receipt from egg donor.

Women wanting to dodge the nuisance of their monthly menses can now turn to “Lybrel”, the first continuous birth control drug approved by the FDA. Made by the Wyeth Pharmacaeuticals, the new contraceptive is similar to the conventional pill - minus the placebos. Typically, a month’s worth of birth control pills includes four to seven days of placebo pills, which trigger menstruation. With Lybrel, the dummy pills are replaced with daily doses of hormones, eliminating menstruation altogether. Most women will have some spotting and breakthrough bleeding, especially during the first year of use.