The mother is allergic to a newborn son

Joanne Mackie, 28, appeared painful blisters and a red rash right after giving birth to boy James. The nodules spread throughout her limbs, back and chest, making her extremely painful, unable to hold the baby.

The disease appeared in the morning after James was born, the first time he was breastfed. Mackie realized that the palms of her hands were tingling, and the next day the red rashes spread throughout her body.

" For weeks, I had to wrap a towel around my hand so I could feed James, but the worse it made the blisters worse. I cried a lot ."

Doctors have difficulty understanding this situation, but a skin biopsy shows symptoms of Pemphigoid Gestationis - a rare skin disease caused by an allergic reaction of a mother when exposed to a baby.

Joanne Mackie is now able to carry her beloved son, but she is not sure if she can get pregnant again.(Photo: DailyMail)

The disease is common with a rate of one in 50,000 pregnancies, which occurs when antibodies against the normal forms of the body during pregnancy.

Mackie was treated with a strong dose of steroids, while her husband, 37-year-old Robert, took care of the child.

A month later, the blisters and erythema were subdued, and finally she could carry her baby without feeling pain. Now, 11 months have passed, the rashes have disappeared, but the mother's skin still has dark patches, traces of wounds for a while.

The couple is also unlikely to have a baby, if the disease continues to return. "The doctor said that 95% of the chance I would get back in the next pregnancy, and this time the doctor said it could affect the baby. I'm not sure I could experience that pain again. ".