Yesterday I woke up with hives.  I started being itchy a little on Friday night but didn't notice any welts.  Since I had just finished taking a round of antibiotics I thought I must have a yeast infection on my skin.  I have never had one like that before, but my best friend gets them that way so I called her to see how she treats it.  I was so itchy I decided to take some Benadryl.  By the time I got to Wal-Mart (I was going to get Monistat and Aveeno and a few groceries) most of the redness and itching was gone...hmmm...that didn't seem like a yeast infection.

4 hours later....I started to itch again but wanted to wait the 6 hours of the 4-6 listed on the package.  By 6 hours I was covered in hives and about to go crazy.  I took more Benadryl and an Aveeno bath which once again cleared me up.  However, 4 hours later they came back again and this time I did not get relief from the Benadryl.  I forced myself to not scratch and was going to wait up until 11:00 when it was time to take another dose.  I fell asleep and didn't get up until 1 when I took more.  I am not getting much relief from taking Benadryl.  I called the Dr. this morning and he said the next thing they could do was to put my on an oral steroid, BUT since I am pregnant (20 weeks) and the babies kidneys are developing he wasn't comfortable with that (so neither am I).  He is calling in a prescription for Visteral for me which is supposed to be a stronger antihistamine but he said it would knock me out.  (I'm all for that because this itching is maddening!)

All I can say is I hope this doesn't last much longer..............