u/summer_watermelon_89

Just want to share my experience in case someone someday would find it helpful.

I’m week 22. I’ve been having itching skin for the past week. It started on my belly, then got to my shoulders and upper arms. For the last two days it’s mainly my upper and forearms and it seems to have got a bit worse. However, my hands and feet are completely fine. The itch is not so bad that it affects my sleep. If I really try to ignore it, I can. But if I start scratching, it’d get more itchy and my skin would turn red and bumpy from the scratches. I’ve been using moisturiser in the evenings but it doesn’t seem to help much.
Anyways out of caution, I called my MAU and they got me in for a blood test. My bile acid and LFT results all came back normal, which is great. However I was found out to be mildly anemic 😂😂
Pregnancy is never easy I guess.

Just want to share that, if you have some symptoms like mine, you are probably fine. No need to panic, but don’t hesitate if you want deterministic evidence. Do call/go to maternity triage.

Just want to share my experience in case someone someday would find it helpful.

I’m week 22. I’ve been having itching skin for the past week. It started on my belly, then got to my shoulders and upper arms. For the last two days it’s mainly my upper and forearms and it seems to have got a bit worse. However, my hands and feet are completely fine. The itch is not so bad that it affects my sleep. If I really try to ignore it, I can. But if I start scratching, it’d get more itchy and my skin would turn red and bumpy from the scratches. I’ve been using moisturiser in the evenings but it doesn’t seem to help much.
Anyways out of caution, I called my MAU and they got me in for a blood test. My bile acid and LFT results all came back normal, which is great. However I was found out to be mildly anemic 😂😂
Pregnancy is never easy I guess.

Just want to share that, if you have some symptoms like mine, you are probably fine. No need to panic, but don’t hesitate if you want deterministic evidence. Do call/go to maternity triage.

Just want to share my experience in case someone someday would find it helpful.

I’m week 22. I’ve been having itching skin for the past week. It started on my belly, then got to my shoulders and upper arms. For the last two days it’s mainly my upper and forearms and it seems to have got a bit worse. However, my hands and feet are completely fine. The itch is not so bad that it affects my sleep. If I really try to ignore it, I can. But if I start scratching, it’d get more itchy and my skin would turn red and bumpy from the scratches. I’ve been using moisturiser in the evenings but it doesn’t seem to help much.
Anyways out of caution, I called my MAU and they got me in for a blood test. My bile acid and LFT results all came back normal, which is great. However I was found out to be mildly anemic 😂😂
Pregnancy is never easy I guess.

Just want to share that, if you have some symptoms like mine, you are probably fine. No need to panic, but don’t hesitate if you want deterministic evidence. Do call/go to maternity triage.

Just want to share my experience in case someone someday would find it helpful.

I’m week 22. I’ve been having itching skin for the past week. It started on my belly, then got to my shoulders and upper arms. For the last two days it’s mainly my upper and forearms and it seems to have got a bit worse. However, my hands and feet are completely fine. The itch is not so bad that it affects my sleep. If I really try to ignore it, I can. But if I start scratching, it’d get more itchy and my skin would turn red and bumpy from the scratches. I’ve been using moisturiser in the evenings but it doesn’t seem to help much.
Anyways out of caution, I called my MAU and they got me in for a blood test. My bile acid and LFT results all came back normal, which is great. However I was found out to be mildly anemic 😂😂
Pregnancy is never easy I guess.

Just want to share that, if you have some symptoms like mine, you are probably fine. No need to panic, but don’t hesitate if you want deterministic evidence. Do call/go to maternity triage.

I went for the anomaly scan yesterday and was told that my risk for preeclampsia has increased to 1/68. It was estimated low at 12 weeks and the thing changed is the uterine artery Doppler reading (one side has high PI). To complicate the situation, the baby is also estimated at ~11th percentile, which is small but not extremely small. (I’m Asian btw and they say Asian mums can have smaller babies)

I was booked for extra scan at week 28 and week 32. But other than that I was given no treatment or warnings.
I’ve contacted my midwife and asked for aspirin, but they told me they usually give aspirin to people who are estimated high risk at 12 weeks, and now it’s too late for me for it to really help. She told me to monitor my symptoms.

My blood pressure is still normal at this point. I’m 36 and FTM so that may added to the risk.

I don’t know what more I can do at this moment and I’m just spiralling…