1053| Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP) Birth Stories - Nicole Phelps [rebroadcast]
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1077| Endometriosis Surgery and Hospital Epidural Birth with Postpartum Anxiety & Feeding Challenges - Leanna Briggs
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1076| High Anxiety Pregnancy with VCI, Hospital Birth and short NICU Stay; Secondary Infertility and Healing Home Birth Story - Katherine Canon
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1075| Quick Birth Center Birth after Secondary Infertility - Kelly Eppinger
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1074| Two Positive Pregnancies and Births but Different Postpartums + Starting a Business as a New Mom - Abbey Ashley
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1073| Birth Stories in The Netherlands and Colombia + Forty Days of Rest - Neram
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1072|Breech VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean) Birth Story - Hayley Lagerquist
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1071| Positive First Birth Story at 39 After Miscarriage and Fertility Anxiety - Lindsey Martin Arslanagic
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1070| Tri-Tri Triplet Pregnancy with Vaginal Birth Story - Ashlie Holladay
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1069| Epidural Lumbar Puncture, Amnioinfusion & Postpartum Spinal Headache - Hannah Moody
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1068| Two Unmedicated Hospital Births and a Homebirth from the Perspective of an Active Duty Military Family - Carolyn Winn
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info_outlineNicole Phelps shares her experience being pregnant while her partner, Michael Phelps, was training for the Olympics. She hired a doula and prepared to possibly give birth without Michael there. A few weeks before her due date, Nicole started experiencing extreme itchiness, especially on the palms of her hands, and was tested for Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP). However, she went into labor before the results came back. Michael made it just in time, and her son, Boomer, was born healthy. The test result came back positive and she knew she'd have to be on the lookout for another ICP diagnosis with future pregnancies. On this episode, she also shares her second pregnancy and birth story and how her doctor monitored her for ICP leading up to her son Beckett's birth. Nicole wanted to share her story to raise awareness about ICP so other women can be on the lookout for the symptoms.
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