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Itchy feet !!!!

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Stogan · 22/11/2011 19:56

OMG I CAN'T COPE !!!

Can anybody tell me when on earth my feet are itching like CRAZY ???

I'm 24 week and the itching is unbearable, I want to scratch my toes like mad !!!

Has anyone else had this?? Other friends have said they scratched their bumps and legs till they drew blood but no one has mentioned feet, am I just weird ???

Can anyone help me make it stop??? X

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fifitot · 22/11/2011 19:58

No I had this. You should tell your midwife as it can mean something else - can't remember what it's called. They did a blood test on me but it was nothing - just itchy feet. I used some peppermint foot gel which helped a bit.

dustyhousewithdustypeople · 22/11/2011 19:59

I had it at night, horrible! Making sure I drank enough water and ate less crisps seemed to help. Also keeping my feet up as much as possible.

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Stogan · 22/11/2011 20:02

Oh god no I can't live without crisps lol !!!

Having a foot spa now to try to calm the burning down and then I've got some peppermint foot rub upstairs so gonna try that. Thanks girls x

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nicki1978 · 23/11/2011 22:37

Hi Stogan,

I was just like you when I was pregnant, at about 35 weeks my feet for about 2-3 weeks itched something cronic, I think pulling my hair out one by one would have been less intense.

I posted a message just like yours and was unindated with people telling me I must urgently go to my doctor as I could have a rare liver disease associated with pregnancy.

I was just glad I'd read in a magazine about it and it stated that yes itchy feet could be a sign of this rare liver disease but it was mostly only if accompanied with itching elsewhere.

I figured if there was something wrong with my liver I would be turning a funny shade of yellow; and after about 3 weeks of relentless itching it disappeared as quickly as it came.

I understand that you can't be too careful but seriously I just had itchy feet and thought someone might give me an idea of something I could have used.

Best thing I found that helped was a paddle hairbrush, lol, it scratched my feet without making them bleed (by using my nails).

xx

NoodieRoodie · 23/11/2011 22:43

no real help but I had this throughout my pregnancy.

I have foot 'issues' normally, excema, chilblains, etc... but it was the constant itching, mainly at night that got worse as pregnancy went on.

I found that soaking them in warm water with a few drops of tea tree oil helped, this is what I would do pre-pregnancy when they were bad.

Unfortunately DS is now 3 wks old and they haven't got any better, if anything they're more of a mess and now that I can finally see my feet again I also seem to have a manky toenail!

You have my sympathy

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Stogan · 24/11/2011 06:45

Thanks nicky and noodie. Well I lost my rag with it yesterday so I went the docs and got 2 kinds of cream ( great getting free prescriptions while pg) and actually got a full nights sleep !! Hopefully this cream will sort my itching out otherwise I'll go crazy !!!

Thanks again xxx

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molejazz · 24/11/2011 08:29

Did they do a blood test as well? Because cholestasis of pregnancy (the rare liver disease) does actually happen to some people and is potentially dangerous for the baby.

Hopefully you're just itchy though :)

pommedechocolat · 25/11/2011 21:05

I just read on google that it can be a sign of increase of estrogen.

I have it too!

TheCornishPickle · 26/11/2011 04:28

I don't know what brought me on here, just browsing during a night feed but glad I saw this...

I had ONE night of itchy palms at 20 something weeks and no other symptoms but like someone has already said I'd read somewhere that this could be a sign of cholestasis. DH convinced me to go and get checked out and sure enough blood tests came back with higher levels of whatever it is showing I had obstetric cholestasis which can be dangerous for mothers and lead to stillbirth of untreated.

At first the hosp just monitored for a week but the next tests showed the levels had rocketed to really abnormal levels. AND I HAD NO FURTHER SYMPTOMS OR ITCHING. I was treated with a course of tablets which was effective and was closely monitored. Because of the risk to baby in late pregnancy I was induced at 37 weeks on the dot and have a beautiful, healthy ds.

PLEASE go and get checked out even if you have only one night of itching like I did. Outward symptoms can obviously be very mild even if your liver is really struggling as mine was.

NoobyNoob · 26/11/2011 18:36

Go and get it checked out. I'm one of the very unfortunate people that have cholestasis and it's a living nightmare.

fuckityfuckfuckfuck · 26/11/2011 18:39

I too had this in pregnancy, it wasn't a sign of anything sinister in my case. The only thing that helped was getting dp to rub them with bodybutter, I used the stuff from the Body Shop, it felt nice and cool and seemed to help hte itch.

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Stogan · 27/11/2011 08:08

Thanks all I'm at the midwife tomorrow so will speak to her about these various things as my feet are still really itchy !!! I wanna rip my toes off !!!! X

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