Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy


I  began itching on the palms of my hands and the soles of my feet. It very rapidly progressed to where I was itching every where but still the main parts were my hands and feet. I itched between my fingers and toes and on top of them sooo much. When I went to my 36 week check up I asked the Dr about it and I said I know theres some normal itching during pregnancy but I'm not really itching where they say (stomach and places with stretch marks) and I said I have no rash so I know it cant be PUPPS. I showed her my stomach I guess she wanted to see if I had stretch marks but no with my Rain I had no stretch marks at all I was very small. She still said it was normal pregnancy itch and she told me just take cold showers and put lotion on. So I went home and tryed to think the Dr was right that it was just normal and tryed to do what she said.

I would wake up crying in the middle of the night because I couldnt sleep and my boyfriend would run me cold showers and then we would put that pregnancy oil all over me and then lotion too but nope it only helped for about a minute. I would put cold wash cloths on my feet and hands to try to go to sleep but it would only help for about a minute also then it would go right back to the crazy itching. I would use ice packs seriously EVERYTHING. My 36 week appointment was on a Thursday by the time Monay came I couldnt take it anymore I wasnt sleeping and I was crying constantly because of the itching. We called the urgent care and they said come in and they would run some blood tests...I was 36 weeks and 4 days at this point. We went in and they did blood tests and the Dr told me my LFTs came back high and he listened all about my symptoms and told me the safest thing to do for my baby was to be induced that night. He told me he just had to call upstairs (Labor and Delivery) and make sure there were rooms available so he called and he like ok theres rooms available and they're comming to get you now. So they came and got me and took me upstairs, when I got up their they took me to the waiting room then a little bit longer and they came to get me and they said they were gonna put on the the monitors. So we did that and they did an ultrasound and the girl who was working was like were not gonna induce you tonight...were gonna keep you overnight for testing-----ok ummmm why would she change what the dr said to do????? They kept me and the only thing they did was collect my urine they never put me on monitors again NOTHING. The next morning another Dr came and sat down and talked to me about things and I told him I just want my baby out so I know shes safe and alive and he said well theres a risk your baby would have to be in the NICU and I said I know i dont care I rather my baby be in NICU then not be alive and we went over and over that but hes like Im gonna send you home and on Thursday come back and ill induce you thats when I was gonna be 37 weeks. So im like ok. Thursday comes and they say come on in. Well we go and they sent me home saying they were full now but they will probley call me in the afternoon to come back in. Well afternoon came and no call so we called and then the dr called us back and said still full sorry but if we dont call you by 5 am tommorow just call again. So we called again Friday 5 am not enough drs so once again they say they will call us when an open room or more drs come in...no call so we call and they said sorry still no room for me to come in and get induced but I can come in for an NST and probley they will induce me right after. We go in around 4:30-5 pm they do the Nst no ultrasound and I felt she was way too hyper, her heart rate was over 180 for over 10 mins and she was like going crazy so I asked them if she was ok  I kept saying shes too hyper and they looked at the NST and said I had a perfect NST and once again sent home home because they were understaffed...the dr said he would call us soon as a room was available and drs and he said the latest would be the next morning. Once again they said if we dont hear from them by 5am sat call. That morning came since they didnt call again so we called but again no rooms or enough drs same excuse again by that time I do feel it was too late anyways but around 6-6:30 am I was cramping and kept going to the bathroom and around 7:30 I was like im not feeling any movement so I woke my boyfriend up quick and said take the heartbeat (we had an at home monitor) and when we did we couldnt find the heartbeat. We called the hospital right away and they said dont panic the baby is probley hiding just come on in...OK im 37 weeks and 2 day pregnant and seriously was TINY there was no way a baby could hide I was taking her heartbeat since 12 weeks and we never had a problem finding it..but you just keep telling yourself my babys fine so we left right away to go to the hospital. They take me back to put me on the NST and about 30 seconds the nurse is like shes fine I just got her heartbeat 144 but then she kept moving it a lot and shes like oh that sound is her moving I was just like Thank God and then the dumb Dr who put me off the first night when I went to be induced that Monday said just to make you happy we'll throw on the ultrasound machine - shes likd this is why we dont like people to use those at home monitors were professionals.....well when she put on the ultrasound she took a really long time and then she said she was gonna go get another dr and people just kept comming in and the the other Dr told me were sorry but we cant find the heartbeat and that was pretty much the end of my life my heart just fell and my Rain will forever have it. Without her I will never be complete.

ICP DOES TAKE BABIES! Please please if you itch during pregnancy especially like the way described get it checked out ask to get blood tests. Dont think it cant happen. STILLBIRTH DOES HAPPEN and no parent should ever EVER have to go through the loss of a baby. Also, when it comes to induction dont let anyone put you off, go to a different hospital if you have to your baby needs to be out by 37 weeks the latest with ICP. If you would like to visit my BEAUTIFUL daughters site the link is www.rain-arizola.last-memories.com  ! Feel free to email me at selesprincess@yahoo.com

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