Call The Midwife's Helen George says liver disorder made pregnancy 'so painful'
ok.co.ukHelen George has spoken candidly about suffering from cholestasis and how it made her most recent pregnancy “so uncomfortable and painful”.The condition is a liver problem that can cause the skin on the stomach to become increasingly itchy.
As the NHS website explains, the painful condition is thought to be caused by raised levels of certain chemicals in the blood, such as hormones, and is common for women during pregnancy, reportedly affecting one in 140 women who are expecting.
ICP is also said to slow or stop the normal flow of bile from the gallbladder, which adds to the itching. Call the Midwife’s Helen was also diagnosed with the condition during her first pregnancy with daughter Wren, whom she gave birth to in 2017.
Helen has since given birth to her second child, Lark, and opened up to her 221,000 about her experiences of cholestasis. “I started getting the itch a lot earlier with this pregnancy and it was infuriating.
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