Poison Ivy
Poison Oak
Poison Sumac
Information about poison ivy, oak, sumac and the skin rashes they cause
Information about poison ivy, oak, sumac and the skin rashes they cause
On our annual camping trip to the Ochlochnee River, it seems that I came in contact with poison ivy while "squatting" in the brush. I was 9 months pregnant at the time and mistakenly thought the rash was somehow "pregnancy related". Two weeks later during childbirth I begged not for pain relievers but for "itch relievers". I was on fire as it had spread from my knees on up the inside of my thighs! The dermatologist said it was the first time he had ever treated such a thing during childbirth. What a way to welcome my baby girl to the world!!
(Editor's note: the photo is not from our storyteller; it is a stock photo. But many women have written me that they would much rather go through childbirth again than through their bout with poison ivy. This woman did both at once.)