when i was admitted to the hospital, my new high risk dr taking over my care put me on ursodiol. it took the edge off my itching to the point that i could sleep. my liver enzymes did not go down drastically, but it defiantly stabilized them. maybe ask about the drug???

Can someone tell me what the itching from Obstetric Cholestasis feels like? The past week I have been itcy all over, it feels like little pinches everywhere like a bug is biting me. I had the same problem in my last pregnancy, I was not tested for OC then, but when I went into my ob app. I told my dr. about the itching and showed him my marks from scratching and he induced me that week, at 38 weeks, due to the itching and slight raise in blood pressure. I now live in a different state with a different dr. that isn't familar with OC they keep saying I have nothing to worry about.

How quickly should you notify your doctor. I have had really dark urine for the last two months. Two days ago my palms of my hands and wrists, and my feet and ankle have been very itchy. Worse at night and first thing in the morning. There is no visible rash. It just gets red from where I have itched. I am 37 weeks along. I have a doctor appt. on Tuesday. Should I wait until then or call my dr.?

I would call or even go into the ER to be tested. Sometimes drs don't even know what it is or how serious it is, so if you have to demand the test!

hi you guys, i hope someone can answer this for me. i had OC in my last pregnancy starting at week 37. the itching in my legs and feet was unbearable and i am not sure how I got through 2.5 weeks until i had my daughter.

So far in this pregnancy I had no issues. I am really scared this will come back, and earlier in the pregnancy. are any second time moms out there who can share their experience? Did this come back in the next pregnancy? did it happen earlier? was it worse?

thank you so much

I had a Non stress test today and baby's heartrate looked good. I had a liver panel drawn and bile salts. I got the liver panel back and waiting on the bile salts. I work at the hospital and went and got the liver results myself. Dr has not called to go over them but my AST and ALT are in the 300's. What will they do with liver values like this? I am 37 weeks 3 days.

I had my baby March 29th via emergency c section. My ALT jumped to 434 and my blood pressure kept spiking. My baby was born at 37 weeks 4 days. She weighed 7pds 14 oz and 19inches long. She is just beautiful. We have battled her not wanting to eat much but she has checked out fine. I am recovering pretty well from my c section. I have alot of swelling still in my feet especially.

shae, im glad everything went well for you, sorry that you had OC at the end of your pregnancy.
stellababy, my dr said most likely you will get OC with every pregnancy, i read you have a 70-90% likelihood of getting it a second time.
pinklollipop, i know its been a while since your post but my itching just felt like a bit of itchy burning?? kinda like a sunburn after a few days. what did they end up doing to treat you? did your dr look into it? as you can see from my posts my dr did not take my OC very serious either, but some other dr's like shea's will induce early because of it.

Shae I am glad you and your little girl are doing well! I ended up switching doctors and now I have someone familar with OC, he will be doing testing if I start itching.

Well I may as well post here too if people are still around.. The other morning I woke up with a very itchy rash all over my bump, legs and back.. I carried on and went to work and it seemed to fade during the day.. only to come back worse at night. The following day I rang the mw and asked to get a docs appt (which I had to push for as there were only emergency appts left for the day) he saw me and immediately booked me in for a blood test for cholestasis. However gave me nothgin to stop the itch. I was on the verge of taking myself to hospital the following night as couldnt sleep from the itching. I phoned the emegency mw and she told me not much the hospital can do so to go docs again.. i did, (annoyingly the rash faded during the day so the docs never saw it at its worst) got some cream..Now the rash seems to have disappeared but I am left with severely itchy feet, like burning. Much worse at night. Really worried I have this. My feet itch so bad I cant imagine going all the way to delivery like this I get my results tuesday. Wish me luck! Hope everyone else going thru this has a good outcome. xx