"I started to research my symptoms and came across something called Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP). As I quickly scanned the information, I knew in my heart I had this condition..."
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Cholestasis, a Change of Plans, and a Respectful Induction
"Several months before I had attended a Birth Without Fear Meet Up where January described the birth of 'Beard Baby'. Prior to her birth she had had decreased movement and January described this as feeling that her baby had 'nudged' her. I had a brief moment of peace realizing that my baby was nudging me as well and that this…
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Difficult Pregnancy and Traumatic Birth {Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Gestational Diabetes, Cholestasis And Induction}
My pregnancy and birth were by no means ideal or what I had planned. But sometimes its more important to hear about the births that didn’t go to plan than the ones that did. If my experiences can help just one person then my story is worth sharing. – Johanna Ever since I was a little girl I have been…
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Birthing My Beautiful Twin Girls {Premature Cesarean Birth}
My name is Katherine and this is my story of birthing my beautiful twin girls. I was only 18 a month before I fell pregnant with them. From 2 weeks on I was horrendously sick, right up until I was roughly 24 weeks. When I was 28 weeks pregnant with them, I was diagnosed with Cholostasis. They put me on…
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Planned Induced Birth turns to Fast Natural Birth {Cholestasis}
I’ve recently had my second daughter – she is now 6.5 months old and after a very traumatic birth with my first daughter, I was terrified of giving birth this time around. But you know what, it was THE most amazing thing I have ever experienced. Ever! I cant really remember the birth of my first daughter, it was a…
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Watching an Induction Turn to a Cesarean
Mom seeing her beautiful girl for the first time after a scary c-section. The birth story that follows is from the perspective of the photographer. This was my first time attending a birth as a birth photographer. It was Mom’s first baby and she was being induced 3 weeks early due to a condition called cholestasis and her plan was to…