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 MemberMy passion for helping spread ICP awareness stems from my personal experience with ICP in both of my pregnancies (2017 & 2019). My journey with ICP began in 2017 while pregnant with my daughter. At the start of my 3rd trimester, I started...
ICP Care Team MemberI am a mother of three children under 5 years old who keep me busy.. My first pregnancy was seemingly free of complications and my son was born on his due date. However, looking back there were some symptoms that make me wonder if I did have ICP...
ICP Care Team MemberI am a proud mother of three young kids: Samuel (born in 2015), Vivian (born in 2017 after my first ICP pregnancy), and Tessa (my pandemic baby born in 2020 after my second ICP pregnancy). ICP runs strongly in my family. My mother had it...
Laura Bonebrake is an OB/Gyn physician and treat women with ICP. Her experience led her to advocate for research, appropriate treatment, etc. Read her story.
Kaitlan Terry was on vacation and thought her intense itching was due to getting a little too much sun. After a week, the itching persisted. Read her story
Grace Abraham, a mother of 3, noticed her hands and feet started to itch at 18 weeks. By 20 weeks, the itch had spread to most of her body. Read her story.
Board member Elisabeth Naff along with her husband Lucas are the proud parents of three boys: two on earth and one in heaven. Read her story.
ICP Care founder and board chair Donna Benavides experienced Cholestasis of Pregnancy and is blessed with two healthy children. Read her story.
Team volunteer Amparo Healey had her first experience with ICP at the age of 22 when she was about 18 weeks pregnant. Read her story.
Yvonne Casuso, at 32 weeks pregnant, started to have severe itching. Thinking she was having an allergic reaction, tried self-care options at first. Read her story.
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