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My advice is to go to your midwife and tell her about this itch.....ask them to check your liver function to rule out cholestasis. I have had this condition in every pregnancy (this is my third!) and it can really make you feel down and not enjoy your pregnancy like you should. Dont worry if it is this condition as you will be put on to the correct treatment for it and will feel much better - my itch is no longer troublesome and I can now sleep at night!!
Unfortunately nothing else really worked for putting the itch away, except to keep cool, wear loose clothing and drink plenty of water......
Good luck!!
xx
Good luck to everyone!
i am 37wks pregnant with my first child and i av neva ad itching like this in my life, i am awake most of the nite with it, i went 2 c the doctor last wk and e sent me 4 blood test, i av just got the results 2day and all they av sed is i av 2 discuss them wi my doctor on friday. i have tried al kinds of stuff 2 get rid of it but it just dont seem 2 go away.....
See your doctor and ask them to do a liver blood test to eliminate cholestasis.
Once that is eliminated, I would suggest you have a condition called PUPP (google this to find out more).
I suffered from this and tried everything from antihistamines, calamine lotion, talcum powder, oatmeal baths and nothing worked! Someone then recommended going down the holistic root and advised dandelion root tablets and flaxseed oil tablets. I started taking the tablets and noticed an obvious improvement after just 3 days! My skin is still a bit itchy but it's bearable. Hope all this helps.
I am 12 weeks pregnant with my 3rd child and I have never experienced itching like this before. I am at the stage where I am tearing my arms and legs apart on a daily basis and cannot sleep with the itching. I have tried e45 nad vitamin e creams but nothign is helping me. I already went to my nurse who told me its one of those things but i'm worried. Is it worth a second opinion?
Also, when your initial bloods are taken at the hospital are they automatically checked for cholestasis or is there a special blood test for this?
Thanks
From around the 26th week of my pregnancy, I began suffering from the most horrendous itching, particularly on my lower legs, feet, abdomen and arms. At first, I could almost cope with the itching by applying E45 Itch relief cream and calomine lotion, and my midwife suggested that it was simply caused by raised hormone levels, in particular, progesterone. However, the itching became so unbearable that eventually I could barely function - I couldn't sleep and the only thing I could think about was the terrible itch which was driving me to the verge of madness! Blood tests were taken and a couple of days later the consultant from the maternity hospital called me to tell me to come to the hopsital immediately as my results were abnormal. Cholestasis was diagnosed and I was told that the count of bile in the blood should ordinarily be between 1 and 40. At this point, mine was around 140, and I was told that I would have to attend the outpatient department every day to have the baby's heartbeat checked. I was also put on ursodeoxycholic acid and vitamin K, and given steroid injections to promote development of the baby's lungs as it was suspected that I would not be allowed to go full term. My blood tests were taken every day and my readings were getting more and more abnormal, so at 34 weeks, I was admitted to hospital and told that I would be there until the birth. I was given an anti-histimine to control the itch and my blood was checked daily along with the baby's heartbeat.
By 35 ½ weeks, my readings had become so abnormal (440) that I was told that the baby really needed to be born sooner rather than later. I was induced at 36 weeks and 1 day and had a healthy baby boy weighing 7½ lbs - his size probably due to the fact that I was also suffering from gestational diabetes.
I count myself extremely lucky to have received such excellent medical care. The hospital staff were obviously aware that my condition could have led to a stillbirth, but the risk of this was alleviated by the constant monitoring and drug treatment.
The cholestatis did not present any other symptoms apart from the itch, and if I had not sought treatment for this, then the result could have been disastrous.