Sensative Lips and Pregnancy

Hi, A.. Those last days of pregnancy are something else! Arbonne offers an herbal lip ointment that would help. Orders come in relatively quickly, if your interested it would be in by the end of the week. Check out my website or e-mail me, we have a wonderful baby line also. www.helenbrown.myarbonne.com
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I never encountered that problem, but rather than Carmex (I feel it makes mine more sensitive), I highly recommend Aquaphor Healing Ointment from Eucerin. Comes in several different sizes. I began using it when my daughter was born 5 1/2 years ago...I use it for anything and everything but an NEVER without a travel tube in my pocket. You can find it at Wal-Mart, Target, Walgreens, etc.
Hth! Good luck!!

I have always had sensitive lips. Before, during and after pregnancy! I am like some of the other ladies on using Aquaphor. I noticed my daughter licking her lips alot lately and I tried everything. I finally got the Aquaphor and it works. I can eat certain things and my lips will swell up. Certain things like strawberries, oranges or even cantaloupe and watermelon. Just as long as I rinse my mouth off after I eat these things I'm okay. The weather also affects my skin. When the weather changes so much like it has lately it wreaks havoc with my skin so that might be something to consider. Also I noticed some women said Burt's Bees helped them. I used it for a while and it was okay but if you get the lip balm with the peppermint it can make your lips start to itch and burn. Good luck!

My lips swell as part of an allergic reaction. I bought some vitamin e oil in a bottle and spread that on to ease the sensitivity.

D. Kimbriel
Grandma to 2 beautiful boys

Have you changed toothpaste recently? I am a hygienist and know that some people are allergic to certain ingredients in some toothpastes. Redness, swelling, and sensitivity of the lips is one of the reactions. (Another is tissue sloughing from the inside of your mouth)

So try switching your toothpaste to plain Crest paste - avoid any tartar-control, whitening, or multi-care toothpastes and see if that doesn't help. It surely is worth a try. Good Luck.

Gotta say ditto to the aquaphor. Sometimes I think I am like the dad on "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" with mine. He says windex solves all ailments..for me it is aquaphor!! I imagine it will at least help a lot:) Havae you tried some benadryl? I am wondering if it is more of an allergic type reaction? Good luck..I hope you meet your daughter soon! ~A.~

I have skin therapy product that I think will help you. If you'd like to pick it up, I have a new travel size that you can have. It is made by a registered pharmacutical company and I have the litature about the product. (no harsh chemical ingredients to affect you or your baby)
Just let me know if you are interested.
S.
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I'd recommend a vitamin B supplement (pill) + B12 sublingual.

S.

Argh - the lip allergies. I've developed them over the last 10 years or so and they're definitely getting worse - and changing! I used Burt's Bees for years and years, and then suddenly I'm allergic to peppermint oil. If my husband uses it then kisses me, I react. Even Vaseline was making it worse, which used to be my fallback cure. So now I'm using Sun Lipcare by Alba Botanical. It's at Whole Foods and Central Market, and maybe some other places. It has sunscreen in it, which used to be a trigger for me in other brands, but I've never had a problem with it. I would imagine that the Aquaphor idea is a good one, too, but then again I would have thought that plain old Vaseline would have worked forever! I didn't really notice increased reaction during pregnancy, but I did get the itchies really badly in my last month or two. I got to the point that I was taking Benadryl nearly every night to sleep. My doctor said it was better to get relief and sleep than to not take anything and not be rested. Good luck!