What is this mole? Pics included - 36 weeks pg and regretting not seeing gp sooner!

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It started as a freckle and has been growing, it's kind of raised but doesn't seem to be attached on one side so I'm wondering if it's more like a weird skin tag, I've pretty much convinced myself I have skin cancer now though, at 36 weeks pregnant I doubt I will be able to go to the doctor and get it removed before baby arrives... Part of me is scared to go too. Anyone have any idea what it is?

Looks like a seborrhoeic mole/wart to me.

Eta: which are harmless :)

Thank you micah I did come across that in my googling, fingers crossed! Do you think I should still try and get an emergency docs appt tomorrow?

I would get that checked out asap.

Could be seborrhoiec alright but I'd still get it looked at.

If your GP does minor surgeries there shouldn't be a prob getting it removed if needed, even if pregnant.

I had something similar removed (local anaesthetic and cautery) from my bikini line area in mid-pregnancy.

Thank you, will try for an appt tomorrow

Looks like a seborrhoeic keratosis - which as others have said, is harmless. Does it feel like you could almost pick it and peel it off? If so, I'm pretty sure that's what it is. I had a couple a few years ago and had them frozen off simple because they were ugly.

I remember being told that bumpy ones aren't usually as much of a worry as flat ones that are oddly shaped.

shnook it does seem like that on one side, it's not properly stuck on... Did you have it removed on NHS? And was it a long wait? Thanks boom I recall hearing something similar actually

best to get it checked out but remember that pregnancy hormones can cause moles to grow and darken.

Yes - just had it done on the NHS at the GP surgery. It's just like having a verucca or wart frozen. I made an apptmnt and the Dr had a look at it (as like you I didn't know what it was and was worried). He told me it was a seborrhoeic keratosis and that it was harmless but I could have it removed if I liked.So i just had to make another Dr's apptmnt to get it done the following week.

...and yes, mine was like that round one edge - felt like I could pick it off.

Ahh I saw GP and you guys were right, thank god! He said I'd have to get it removed privately though, annoying!

Well done for going to Dr. What a relief, eh?!

Before you shell out upwards of £100 to have this unsightly growth removed at a private clinic, try soaking a small ball of cotton wall in apple cider twice a day to and apply it to the affected area using a band aid or bandage to keep it in place - you should notice a change after some 3-4 days.

You can also engage in DIY cryotherapy using Compound W or Dr Scholl's Freezeaway or a similar product.

Have you done this goddess?

Several others I know have used these home remedies and they've worked.

My own unsightly growth, which my GP twice attempted to remove using cryotherapy, turned out to be a rodent ulcer, or basal cell carcinoma, which had to be removed by a dermatologist under local anaesthetic as it's necessary to excise a wide margin around and under the damn thing to ascertain whether it's spread and cauterisation and stitches are required to repair the damage.

Yours, however, is non-malignant and not infectious and should respond to either apple cider or an over the counter freeze away product. It certainly won't hurt to try one or the other, or both if one fails to do the business.

Alternatively, you could change your GP to one who does minor ops in or out of surgery hours.