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itchy skin especially feet!
hi
this might sound strange but lately i have had itchy skin all over my body but mostly on the soles of my feet. this morning i was wriggling in bed so much to scratch them that i ended up getting up and it was only 6am!! i can't scratch my feet properly as it then starts to tickle!!
anyone else suffered from this?
kelly x
35+5
this might sound strange but lately i have had itchy skin all over my body but mostly on the soles of my feet. this morning i was wriggling in bed so much to scratch them that i ended up getting up and it was only 6am!! i can't scratch my feet properly as it then starts to tickle!!
anyone else suffered from this?
kelly x
35+5
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I have been the same since about 35 weeks (currently 40+3!) and it drove me crazy. I have good days and bad days with it, today being a bad day.
At my 38 week MW appt I mentioned it and had bloods taken for it and everything came back clear so I guess it's nothing to worry about but as Gazno says, it's certainly worth getting it checked. I seem to remember that itching can also be associated with pre-eclampsia - not to worry you of course! But please mention it to MW to reassure you!
One last thing, a couple of the girls in my antenatal classes has a reaction to Raspberry Leaf which caused them lots of itching so if you have started taking it yet, it might be that!
Hope this is of some help!
Tracey
Please get it checked.
Dxxx
thank you all so much for your replies. we have been to the delivery suite assessment unit today and i have had my blood taken to be tested.
last night the itching on my feet was driving me mad and i couldn't sleep, this morning i was looking for some lotion in my bedside drawer to cool it down and i found a little book i'd got free with a baby magazine, looked in there and it mentioned OC, got really worried as it specifically mentioned soles of feet and palms of hands which is where i've been getting it.
rang my mum and took our 2 year old to her and went straight to assessment unit, they put me on a trace and all was fine so just got to wait for blood results tomorrow or monday.
fingers crossed, will let you all know.
thanks again.
kelly x
take care
d xx
been waiting all day for hospital to call and they finally have, the sister on the assessment unit has said my results were "a bit out", whatever that means.
i'm assuming it's indicating OC as she wants me back in tomorrow, she hasn't really explained why, hubby thinks she may want to explain it a bit more in person and maybe talk about inducing me or my options from here.
i'm really glad i saw my little book yesterday and got it checked, even if it turns out to be nothing, now i know how serious it is if i've got it. i would hate to get this far and then something happen because i'd ignored my instinct telling me it wasn't normal to be so itchy.
if i do need to have baby delivered asap i'm sure everything will be fine as i'm 36+1 tomorrow and they've already said he's going to be big like my first so should come out a little fighter.
will keep you updated again tomorrow as soon as i know anything.
kelly x
36 weeks
I had never hear of OC since a friend got it just before birth of my 4th. Her daughter was delivered that same day by c section and was fine too.......she was about 38 weeks.
Take care
d xx
thanks for your well wishes. i have been to the hospital today and they've explained that they do think i've got OC but i've also got to have repeat blood tests and other tests to rule other things out.
i have to be tested for the other forms of hepatitis that they don't test you for in pregnancy, i have to be checked to see if i have gaul (sp?) stones and i also have to have a liver scan to make sure my liver was working well in the first place before pregnancy, most of this will be done on thursday this week and i have to go back to the hospital every week until i have the baby which is likely to be in 2 weeks when i'm 38 weeks.
i have been prescribed piriton and aqueous cream to help the itching and i have to take vitamin k tablets until i have the baby as i am at an increased risk of very heavy bleeding in labour as my liver not functioning properly will stop my blood clotting properly.
it was all a bit too much to take in at once, i was overwhelmed at everything that's got to happen in the next couple of weeks.
will post again as soon as i know anything else, looking forward to hopefully getting a good night's sleep tonight with the help of the piriton and cream!!
kelly x
36+1
Amy xxx
Me on other hand will be up all night as my 3 year old got awful cough and though he is asleep he is coughing constantly. bless him. will take to docs tom morning. Have had to put him in with me as he will wake his almost 2 year old brother. On top of that baby 5 awake and kicking inside me so i gave up and came on computer for while to knock me to sleep....the joys of motherhood!!!!!!!!!!
d x
i saw your post this morning and ive been having itchy feet for last 3wks i just thought "oh itchy feet its nothing " anyway after reading your post i contacted mw and told her about feet i have to go wed morning to get blood tests taken also ive never heard of it before so in a way thanks for bringing it to forum as i would just have carried on
wishing you good luck
tracey x
well, i had quite a good night last night, was able to sleep better than i have in ages. had a bath before bed, put my cream on, had a piriton tablet and an ovaltine drink, before i knew it it was 5.30 when i next looked at the clock!! as soon as i woke up though i remembered the itching and couldn't stop scratching!!
tracey, i just thought it was an itch too until i was sitting on the couch end of last week scratching until my feet were sore, that's when i ended up posting on here, so glad i did now, for me and for you.
hope it all goes well for you, feel free to use my thread to update us on your results too. i will update again when i know something after thursday.
kelly x
36+2
just wondered if you'd been to have your blood test yet and how it had gone? i know you won't have results today anyway but try not to worry, if you have got it they act quickly.
i kept myself awake all last night thinking about my apointment on thursday and i'm shattered this morning with a very active 2 year old!!
good luck
kelly x
36+3
Hope tom goes OK for you. Sure it will
d x
thanks for remembering me hun got blood taken this morning at 11.30 mw phonong me tomorrow some time with results so have to wait and see.keep you posted
thanks again hun tracey x
casper hasn't started with the "terrible twos" which i'm sure is only a matter of time but he's so active, getting faster than me now i'm carrying around a massive bump. he's really well behaved compared to some of the other lo's we know so i'm hoping he'll keep it up when this one arrives. he's asleep too at he moment, had to tell him 2 of our elderly neighbours across the road were asleep and he should sit and have a rest on the sofa with me!! did the trick!! he can take or leave a nap these days but he was like a zombie and wouldn't give in to going down for a nap so i had to take action!!
might have a little nap myself in a bit, see if i can't catch up on what i missed last night.
glad you like the picture of him, it's actually quite a bit out of date, from last august, just before he was 1, but one of my favourite pictures, he hasn't changed much other than looking more like a little boy now rather than a baby.
kelly x
36+3
Hope results went ok for you.
should up load pics of my little ones too. never seem to get chance to download all pics from video and digi cam...have mountain loads of footage.
Will make it weekend project.
d x