ICP Care Team MemberHello, my name is Kaitlyn Tuckey and I am currently pregnant with my 4th son! I have experienced Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP) in 3 of my 4 pregnancies. I first got ICP with my 2nd pregnancy in 2022. My symptoms started at roughly 32...
ICP Care Team MemberMy connection to ICP Care is deeply personal. I was diagnosed with ICP during my first pregnancy in 2020 after experiencing intense itching in the evenings that started on my hands and feet before spreading to my whole body. After frantic...
ICP Care Team MemberMy journey with ICP began in 2023 when I was 23 weeks pregnant with my 2nd child in 2023 and started having uncontrollable itching all over my body. It was worse at night and nothing I did brought any relief. I wasn’t sleeping, was extremely...
ICP Care Team MemberI am a proud mom to Austin June, our healthy, strong eight-month-old daughter, born at 36 weeks following a diagnosis of Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy. My husband Tommy and I met in Washington, D.C., married in Austin, Texas — the city that...
ICP Care Team MemberJonathan K Mays is a board‑certified Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist with expertise in clinical management and surgical intervention during pregnancy. His clinical interests include managing cervical insufficiency and intrahepatic cholestasis of...
ICP Care Team MemberMy name is Kristen Kennedy and I am an Oregon ambassador for ICP Care. I am a wife and mom to three lovely girls, with my littlest being my itchy baby. I had never heard of Intrahepatic Cholestasis until my diagnosis in 2017. I distinctly recall an...
What is Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP) If you’re expecting twins, you may have heard about Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP). ICP is a liver condition that can cause itching during pregnancy and, in some cases, affect the health of your babies....
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is thought to have a hormonal cause and is therefore more likely to occur in a twin pregnancy due to increased levels of hormones. Rates of ICP in twin pregnancies are between 20-25%.1,2 In contrast, ICP only occurs about...
My connection to ICP Care is deeply personal. During my first pregnancy, I only knew to talk to my doctor about my itchy legs because of a story from a friend of a friend. I didn’t know anyone who had experienced cholestasis in pregnancy before that. I relied heavily...
ICP Care Team MemberI am Erin living in central Kansas on a farm and ranch with my husband and two girls. Both itchy babies and my story with Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP) is a little different than most. With my first daughter I did not know I was...
ICP Care Team VolunteerMy passion for spreading awareness of Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP) stems from my personal experience and professional background in public health, clinical research, and education. I’m a wife, mom of two, and my journey into...
The ICP Care website alone, when I was first diagnosed, was incredibly helpful and provided me with great guidance on what to expect. When the itching first began during my pregnancy with Oaklee, it didn’t seem like much. It was early fall, and the scorching Arizona...
ICP Care Team MemberMy name is Sarah Tallman. I was diagnosed with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) during my first pregnancy in May of 2024. My symptoms first began in February 2024. My coworkers saw me itching and mentioned their own experiences with ICP...
ICP Care Team MemberI was diagnosed with Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP) at 22 weeks while pregnant with my twins. It started with intense itching on my hands and feet in the middle of the night. After sufficiently scaring myself with a google search, I...
ICP Care AmbassadorMy name is Ali Preston and I am an Illinois Ambassador for ICP Care. My journey began in 2022 when I started experiencing extreme itching (hands, feet and legs) at 25 weeks during my first pregnancy. I was diagnosed with COVID a few days prior to...
My name is Adrienne Butler and I am the proud mother to three children (born in 2017, 2021, and 2024). I was diagnosed with ICP in 2021 at 33 weeks with bile acids in the 40s, which jumped to 100 by the time I was 35 1/2 weeks. I had itchy feet and assumed it was from...
ICP Care Team MemberMy name is Taylor Dehner. I am a registered nurse with a background in Critical Care, but after having my itchy baby, I decided to make the switch to Labor and Delivery! Around the time I was 22 weeks pregnant I started to experience itching that...
My journey with ICP began in January 2023 during my first pregnancy. Overall, I felt great during this pregnancy until I was diagnosed with COVID-19 at 38 weeks and 6 days. I can vividly recall how terrible I felt during that time, with common symptoms on top of being...
My ICP journey began in May of 2024, when I woke up, at 33 weeks & 2 days pregnant, SO itchy. It was all over my body, including the palms of my hands. An hour & a half into my shift at work, I was so itchy I had claw marks on my arms and legs from scratching...
I am the proud mom of my itchy baby, Petey, and currently expecting a daughter in August 2024. My cholestasis story began when I was diagnosed at 21 weeks gestation during my pregnancy with Petey, back in 2020. Friends told me itching was normal, but I knew the level...
In 2021, I went to my 35-week appointment thinking I had 7ish weeks left to meet my daughter and left with an induction date for a week later and a diagnosis for a disease I had never heard of before. I had been dealing with an itch so intense my body was covered in...
My name is Ashley Bonnes; I am the Illinois Ambassador for ICP Care. My ICP (Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy) story started in 2018 while pregnant with our son.
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