<<The mother's liver can't handle the extra load of pregnancy, and her bile salts are excreted through the pores. I had it with my first and third children. It is not benign, however; there is a high rate of stillbirths correlated with it. There was a helpful study done published in GUT, a British med journal, which showed a lower incidence of stillbirths and a resolution of the pruritis when mothers took Actigol. But she needs to start it asap, because it takes some time to work. I have that article somewhere. It is a miserable condition, in which absolutely nothing alleviates the pruritis, except delivery>> I had it with my first as well. I had complete relief within a 24h period when I started an intesive regimine of liver supportive herbs. 1 pint of burdock root, dandelion root, yellow dock root decoction - 1/2 c four times per day. 2 quarts of nettle infusion as well. Another client of our homebirth practice (I was an apprentice at the time) was due the same day as I was. She developed cholestasis and PUPPS about a week later than I did and much worse. She was completely relieved of her symptoms within 48 hours. I was suprised by how fast it worked. katherine in atl *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html