New Face Rash - Scared

i did not know that these were lupus symptoms, too?

I have recently started to get a face rash on and off, I am 40 and 26 weeks pregnant. The rash started to show up at about 18 weeks I think, and comes about every 4 weeks. Unfortunately, it hasn't been there when I go to the ob. It usually starts to fade after about 2-3 days, and has been coming back about every 4 weeks. When I mentioned it to the ob, he thought it was most likely just the normal mask you get with pregnancy, but I doubt it. He did mention lupus, but at that point he did not think so. I also mentioned it to a work program nurse that checks up on me, and she said that they pretty much don't do anything unless there are other symptoms, at this point, but she was referring to the rash, and my rash doesn't itch or anything, although this last time my skin at the rash felt really dry and a little sore... Kind of like it was chapped... But that could be the weather.

I have so many symptoms that are also typical during pregnancy, it is hard to tell.... But I do have extreme stomach gas and some reflux, I still throw up sometimes because of it, even though the really bad nausea I had from months 2-4 has gone away. I haven't mentioned to my ob that my knees occasionally bother me, but I thought that was from the extra weight...I started out a little overweight.

Should I just wait until I deliver, and see if these things go away? That is pretty much what everybody is telling me. The baby's ultrasounds all look good so far, including it's heart and kidneys, though my amnio fluid is on the high side, but in normal range. Ugh.

Thanks for any info.

hi,
i am new to this site but have had 'some kind of connective tissue disease' for the past 16 years. One of my first symptoms was as you described numbness and tingling on the right side of my body. It was like a line was drawn down the middle of my body and the right side felt like it belonged to a different person. Even my tongue felt different on the right side. I had this daily for more than 2 years and was treated with prednisone. It finally went away. Now when I get really tired, it will start to come back but has not stayed for long periods. Doctors just look at me like I am crazy when I tell them about it. After the symptoms went away, one md I mentioned it to had me undergo a cerebral angiogram and an mri. Neither test showed anything. Very frustrating. Also, there are times when the right side of my body feels hot to touch, but my left side feels normal or even a little cool. One md commented that he felt like there are a lot of connective tissue diseases that are so rare that they haven't been isolated yet so in the mean time, we just treat the symptoms. It would be interesting to do a study on how many of us have had symptoms like this.