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Back from yet another hospital visit in limbo!
Am 35wks today. Just got back from yet another trip to the hospital! Woke up early hours of this morning with severe itching to my hands and feet, which i have had for some time but it had eased off yet has come back strong (had OC with my daughter just over a year ago so its highly likely im going to get it again) but if that wasnt enough noticed some blood when i wiped myself after going to the loo. Have been really unwell recently with a seven day sickness bug so know i was a little dehydrated but also had noticed that my wee was very dark orange. Called my local birth centre and they advised me to go round to the hospital so off me and my partner trotted after having to get my mum round to look after our other daughter. They said i have plus 3 protein in my urine which is high but my BP was fine. Had an internal done and they couldnt see where the bleeding had come from but said it had stopped. They wanted to keep me in over night and do a liver ultra sound in the morning to check my gall bladder but luckily the on duty consultant did one today which came back fine and they also scanned the baby and he is completely fine and is the right size for 35wks. She said she was happy for me to go home for the rest of today but i have to go round to my local birth centre in the morning to get my urine checked again and my BP done and to go round to the day assessment unit on wednesday for a fetal heart screening. Still awaiting my blood results from today, ASTs and bile acids (which can take up to 10 days to come back, still waiting for ones back from last monday, grrrr!). I just feel in limbo at the mo as i suppose until they get my bile results they cant diagnose me but the itching is bad and generally just feel crap. Does anyone know what the earliest they usually deliver if you have OC as when i had it with my daughter i didnt get it til i was 36wks and they got my bile acid results the day i turned 37wks so induced me striaight away coz they were so high, just wondered what they do if you get it earlier.
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I'm sorry if i have worried you but the hospital should take this a lot more seriously.
I hope you are ok, i can really sympathise with you-the itching just drove me mad!! i didn't sleep for weeks.
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Just thought I would add on from this. I have just experienced the same problem with OC. i wasn't aware of the condition or how serious it was until i got the call from the second doctor the day after the blood test.
I had been itching from the end of 36 weeks, when I saw my gp she just sent me off with some cream. It was only when I went back just over a week later that a different doctor sent me for blood tests. They had them back the next day, and was sent straight down to the hospital for them to induce me as they would not take the chance of leaving the baby. I had just turned 38 weeks, usually the latest they wait is 37 weeks, but if your results are coming back high they will induce you as soon as due to the risk to baby. Def chase them up or keep going back to the hosp saying that there is lack of baby movements as that is one of the signs to look out for, which they will not ignore.
Hope they sort things out quickly for you.
Jules x
Quick question, did your itching ever ease off and then come back? As i only really had it for a week with my daughter and then was induced didnt really know from that but have had itchiness on and off from 29wks but then it eased off about a wk ago but last night came back ten times as bad and its still mega bad now so god knows what its going to be like when i actually want to go to bed! Seems like early hours of the morning is the worse time and its only on my hands and feet like with my daughter, obviously have the occasional itchiness to other parts of my body but thats just normal itching i think as its not that burning horrible itch that you scratch and it gets 100 times worse!
Just thought i'd mention, i've actually found something that helps a little, i got a spray from boots, its like a cooling mist spray thing that you'd use to cool your skin in hot weather? It doesnt take the itch away totally, but it does help a little! It was especially nice on my feet and face, which have been driving me round the bend! Hope you feel better soon hunny xxxxxx