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‘I’m allergic to my own baby’: Rare disorder causes mom agonizing blisters
New York Post ^ | February 10, 2022 | Andrew Court

Posted on 02/10/2022 1:27:44 PM PST by nickcarraway

A new mom who broke out in agonizing blisters during her pregnancy says she was left stunned to learn she was “allergic” to her own baby.

Fiona Hooker — who hails from Hampshire, England — got pregnant with her second child in late 2020.

The first two trimesters of the pregnancy went smoothly, but the now 32-year-old began to notice red spots on her stomach two months before she was due to give birth. “I went to the doctor after a few days because they were getting more and more itchy and unbearable,” Hooker told South West News Service in an interview.

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1 posted on 02/10/2022 1:27:44 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Did she get vaccinated between the two childrens’ births?


2 posted on 02/10/2022 1:32:29 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

She got pregnant in late 2020, and is British, so there is a good chance.


3 posted on 02/10/2022 1:35:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Maybe the baby is really ugly and she just doesn’t want it.


4 posted on 02/10/2022 1:37:14 PM PST by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: nickcarraway

Looks like shingles. ?


5 posted on 02/10/2022 1:40:06 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: ConservativeMind

My first thought as well.


6 posted on 02/10/2022 1:51:33 PM PST by Nevadan
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To: nickcarraway

LOL, I guess she won’t be breastfeeding….


7 posted on 02/10/2022 2:01:02 PM PST by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: ConservativeMind

Good question.


8 posted on 02/10/2022 2:06:10 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction (Vim vi repellere licet)
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To: nickcarraway

A thousand-to-one she was “fully vaccinated.”


9 posted on 02/10/2022 2:06:58 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: nickcarraway

Witch one is the liberal?.


10 posted on 02/11/2022 9:12:31 AM PST by Vaduz ( )
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