Hello Lilprecious

I had OC with my son. You normally get the symptoms in the last trimester. I had itching like you wouldn?t believe, liver pain, vomiting and insomnia which are common symptoms of OC. If you do have it your baby will have to be born at around 36 weeks as baby?s born after this time have an increased risk of still birth.

There is a website at Itchy Moms Home This will give you all the information you need to know about OC.

My son was born at 39 weeks as I didn?t realise what was going on. I had been mildly itchy form months but being my first baby and being preoccupied with moving house I just thought it was one of those normal things and didn?t want to be seen to be overreacting being a first time mum and all. At about 38 weeks I couldn?t take it anymore and complained to the hospital. The stupid midwife told me literally that I was reading to many books and should go and have a cool bath (he was born in a hot February). It didn?t help that I had just moved to a new area and didn?t have my own Dr at that time. DP drove me to a lovely Dr who knew strait away what it was as soon as he saw me. By that stage I was covered in dried blood from the scratching. I sent me for tests and sent me strait to the hospital. They started the induction that night and DS was born by emergency caesarean the following evening.

Turned out I got the same horrible midwife when he was born also. Didn?t she feel stupid. Fortunately I was ignorant to the risks as I didn?t know anything about it until after DS was born. If I had known I would have freaked out.

Good luck with your test results. I hope it is not OC but if it is my advise to you would be to try and stay as cool as possible as heat make the itching worse. Cold showers in the middle of winter don?t sound that appealing but it will help. Put old sheets on your bed. Mine all had to be thrown out by the time DS arrived as they were ruined with all the bleeding. I had the itching until DS was about a week old then it started to go away. But would come back every now and then for a few weeks.

I am happy to answer any of your questions but the site above will also be of good help. I wish I know about it before DS was born.

Lolly