#Little nightmares oc eight skin#
#Little nightmares oc eight full#

His aftercare, too, wasn’t great, at my six-week check-up I had to tell him he needed to give me blood tests to check my liver function. The care I received was so mixed, my midwife was very clued up but my GP didn’t seem to be, otherwise he’d never have advised me to wait an extra day for further monitoring. I was so relieved to have Teddy here, safe and sound, but I was left with a feeling of failure for having to have a caesarean, for having a condition that put my baby at risk. I can’t remember much about it but I know that it was very traumatic and frightening for Rob, so much so that we may not have more children because he’s not sure he could go through that process, that terror again. It started on the Friday and, in the end, they broke my waters on the Monday but after nine hours our baby got stuck, his heart rate dropped and I was rushed down for an emergency C-section. The induction was pretty awful, not so much the pain, it just took such a long time. My midwife was very clued up on OC, but the GP didn't seem to be But my overriding feeling was that anxiety, I just wanted my baby here safely. I’d even toyed with the idea of a home birth with as little intervention as possible, so to go to a delivery suite under consultant care really wasn’t what I’d wanted. I’d done a hypnobirthing course and I liked the idea of a water birth, all natural. In the end I was booked in for induction a week after my diagnosis at almost 38 weeks.

#Little nightmares oc eight full#

There was a lot of contradiction between the two consultants I saw, one saying I could go full term but the other saying I must be induced. I was monitored then returned a week later by which time my bile acids were at 68. They gave me some medication, Urso, but if anything the itching got worse. Depending on the hospital, either over 10 or over 14 means you get a diagnosis of OC. When I got there they found my bile acids measuring 24. She beat me to it, explained what obstetric cholestasis was and insisted I went straight to the hospital and told me I’d be under consultant care going forward. I felt such an idiot for putting my doctor’s appointment on hold and planned to call my midwife first thing in the morning. Having been anxious throughout my pregnancy, to discover your biggest fear, that you could potentially lose your child, was terrifying. It dawned on me that I was at higher risk for stillbirthīut when I got home my partner, Rob, had been researching on the internet and for the first time it dawned that OC could put my baby at risk, that it had, in some cases, resulted in stillbirth. Still working, and with a big meeting the next morning, I asked the doctor if I could delay a visit to the surgery until the following day and he agreed. At that point of diagnosis I had no idea what the implications were or how serious it could be for my baby. I’d read about itchiness in magazines but knew it was uncommon and usually affected women from a different ethnic background.

Later that day the doctor called and told me I had obstetric cholestasis, which is also known as intraheptic cholestasis of pregnancy. I didn’t mention it to my midwife until I was 36 weeks and she gave me blood tests, she also mentioned it might mean having to be induced but I didn’t really give it much thought. 'I can only describe it as feeling like something was crawling around the soles of my feet'

#Little nightmares oc eight skin#

I’d had mild itchiness on my bump, that I put down to my skin stretching, and I when it got worse I figured it was the summer heat. Initially I put it down to fluid retention but I’d scratch and scratch to try and relieve it. It wasn’t until 34 weeks that the itching started and I can only describe it as feeling like something was crawling around the soles of my feet. I had a couple of bleeds early on, one on Christmas Day, and I remember saying to my sister, ‘It’s happening again’, but a scan on Boxing Day showed baby was fine. I’d suffered a previous miscarriage at eight weeks so, as soon as I fell pregnant again, I felt anxious and it stayed with me.