I felt such an idiot for putting my doctor’s appointment on hold and planned to call my midwife first thing in the morning. Having been anxious throughout my pregnancy, to discover your biggest fear, that you could potentially lose your child, was terrifying. It dawned on me that I was at higher risk for stillbirthīut when I got home my partner, Rob, had been researching on the internet and for the first time it dawned that OC could put my baby at risk, that it had, in some cases, resulted in stillbirth. Still working, and with a big meeting the next morning, I asked the doctor if I could delay a visit to the surgery until the following day and he agreed. At that point of diagnosis I had no idea what the implications were or how serious it could be for my baby. I’d read about itchiness in magazines but knew it was uncommon and usually affected women from a different ethnic background. Later that day the doctor called and told me I had obstetric cholestasis, which is also known as intraheptic cholestasis of pregnancy. I didn’t mention it to my midwife until I was 36 weeks and she gave me blood tests, she also mentioned it might mean having to be induced but I didn’t really give it much thought. "I can only describe it as feeling like something was crawling around the soles of my feet" I’d had mild itchiness on my bump, that I put down to my skin stretching, and I when it got worse I figured it was the summer heat. Initially I put it down to fluid retention but I’d scratch and scratch to try and relieve it. It wasn’t until 34 weeks that the itching started and I can only describe it as feeling like something was crawling around the soles of my feet. I had a couple of bleeds early on, one on Christmas Day, and I remember saying to my sister, ‘It’s happening again’, but a scan on Boxing Day showed baby was fine. I’d suffered a previous miscarriage at eight weeks so, as soon as I fell pregnant again, I felt anxious and it stayed with me.
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