ICP Care Team MemberMy cholestasis of pregnancy journey began at 33 weeks one sunny Monday afternoon with severe upper quadrant pain and intense itching. Later that night, I was the itchiest I have ever been! I was up all night scratching my belly, arms, palms of my...
ICP Care Team MemberIn 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...
ICP Care Team MemberHi! My name is Tiffany Cyr. I am a very proud mama to my handsome little boy – Hudson and proud daughter, granddaughter, and wife of Canadian Race Car Driver Patrick Cyr. My journey with Intrahepatic cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP) was a fast and...
Author: Dr. Laura BonebrakeWhat we know about risks and outcomes Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is classically known as a disorder that first occurs in the second or third trimesters of pregnancy.1 At ICP Care, we have had members diagnosed much earlier...
My first diagnosis was in 2008. I presented with itchy palms at approx. 30/32 weeks. My OB at the time actually had no idea what was going on and seemed very distraught. I remember her saying "I've never seen this before but I remember reading about it in school, let...
ICP Care Team MemberAfter three rounds of IVF and a heartbreaking ectopic pregnancy, it was finally time for me to have my miracle baby. When I was only three months pregnant and just starting to share the news, I attended a birthday dinner for a really good friend. A...
If it wasn’t for ICP Care, I don’t think I would have mentally been able to cope with my diagnosis as well as I did. ICP Care gave me the evidence-based resources and support groups allowing me to ask questions in the Facebook group to advocate for my baby compared to...
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