Acute Fatty Liver In Pregnancy
Very rarely, some women in the last three months of their pregnancy can develop a fatty liver.
Acute fatty liver in pregnancy (AFLP) is more common in first pregnancies and with male babies – especially twins. AFLP is a very serious condition that can cause rapid liver and kidney failure and can be fatal for both mother and baby if not diagnosed. Hospitalisation and immediate delivery of the baby is usually required.
Provided there has been no permanent damage, the liver returns to normal after the baby has been born.
It is not known what causes this type of fatty liver and, due to the rarity of AFLP, it is unclear whether the problem will happen in any future pregnancies as not enough data is available for study.
I developed acute fatty liver almost 2 years ago. I am still waiting for the doctor to give me the ok to have another baby. Today after looking a numerous lab work ups they think I have something called Gilbert syndrome. Has anyone else out there had this issue?
I had my son c-sec at 36 weeks and went into ICU for 2 days, I really do not want to go through that again.
Thanks,
Wendy