Has anyone else developed a rash on their abdomen after being discharged from the hospital? I had a c-section on the 11th and was discharged on the 13th. The rash didn’t start showing up til I think the 14th. It started in a band around my belly button and has since spread down to my hips and around my back. It looks like the picture (or worse in some spots) and itches like hell:

At first I thought maybe a heat rash, but eventually (yesterday) when it kept getting worse I called my doc’s nurse line. They told me it could be a delayed reaction to whatever was in the spinal block or a reaction to the Percocet they prescribed. I had already stopped taking the Percocet the day before I talked to the nurse, and they told me to take Benadryl and Claritin and wait a week to see if it improves.

Has anyone had a similar experience? I tried googling and could only find mommy boards where everyone said they couldn’t ever figure out what it was and that it lingered for weeks and weeks. I feel like I’m going to go insane if it just keeps getting worse. Nothing helps the itching either and I’ve already tried several topical things (cortisone cream, aloe, anti itch lotion), and I know it’s only been a day but I honestly couldn’t tell that the Benadryl/Claritin combo is helping at all. I’m starting to just feel very upset and hopeless about the whole thing.