face like a teenager and other lovley pregnant things

[Aliy]

this is driving me nnuts.. i really didn't have an acne problem in my teens. i could just get away with water on my face in the shower for washing.

with my other pregnancies no issues i maybe had one or two blemishes.....

This time it's awful... my nose keeps breaking out my chin my jaw line. it's awful. I have been using a cleanser at least once a day now and it's bugging me.

my hair is making me loopy too! I have fine hair but right now there is nothing i can do with it it just exists. no volume no body nothing.. well except that it's getting redder.

Also why is it so bloody cold out.. September isn't over and i feel like i need to spend my days in a parka. aren't pregnant women supposed to be warm????

but on the plus side baby is getting strong enought in her movements that DH felt a kick last night...

[WifeofAnt]

My acne is better since I got pregnant but I think mine was caused my PCOS. Somehow magifiying all the hormones put them back in balance temporarily.

Although now my wisdom teeth want to come in! I keep telling them no and they'll stop poking in for a little while but MAN!! it hurts when they try again. I really thought about seeing if I can get them yanked but I pushed through (not wanting to deal with the medications while pregnant).

I'm really glad for September and the cold. Its been 'feels like 100+' (sometimes with a heat index of up to 115 degrees) all summer. To be able to get under 90, its friggin awesome.

[Ambyrkatt]

I had pretty bad skin in 1st trimester and early 2nd, then it really cleared up and has been pretty perfect since then until the last few days, when I have started getting those painful jawline cysts again. My due date is tomorrow. I remember it pretty much being the same way with DS, too, but I didn't break out until he was born that time around. I'm pretty syre I cleared back up once breastfeeding was established and my hormones balanced back out.

[FarrenSquare]

My skin was great for the first two trimesters, and then about two weeks before the 3rd, it got just plain awful. I struggled with acne as a teenager but this is worse. It is all down my neck, across my shoulders and chest.

I find that cleansers make acne worse, ime. I use a good washcloth and clean with warm water twice a day. This takes off any oil, exfoliates, doesn't completely dry out my skin, and doesn't leave any residue behind.

[Smokering]

Ah, yes. I had awful cystic acne during my first trimester wioth DD. The god news is it cleared up in the second trimester, and has been at an all-time high ever since. DD's 2.5 and I still don't get breakouts like I did pre-pregnancy... almost makes up for the stretch marks!

[Arianwen]

My pimple action is way down BUT I collect oil/crud in the pores on my nose like a teenager! Yuck! I only use Clinique on my face, I use the liquid face soap in the shower, then I carefully clean my skin with the clinique astringent, with the scrubby side of my cotton pads, this seems to keep the clogged pores at bay, until the next day when I have to repeat lol.