I just wanted to say, you are in the right place!!!I ususally post in another area, but i wans browsing and read your quote. i have not come across any other person who is familliar with this condition. I was diagnosed in 1998 with chloerstastis of pregnancy with my thid child. When I complained of the intense itching my doctors would just say it was normal and say it was due to a condition that is common in pregnancy. As I went later in my pregnancy, I would itch so bad I could not think of anything else and could hardly stand anything to touch my skin. I would also have these discolorations on my abdomen and I was just extremely miserable!!! Someone elso suggested it was something that may have been related to my mental health!!!! I had never had any instabilities regarding my mental health and Just thinking about it now just makes me angry. But, Thank goodness there was a doctor who wanted to do additional testing and found out that I had this condition. I had to take a powder called cholestyramine(I believe that is how it's spelled) and some other medication. But really the symptoms would not be relieved until delivery. I had a amnio done to determine if my son was healthy enough to be delivered at 36 weeks which really was not early and he was fine! However, if you do get a epidural make sure to ask if it could increase the itching. I had some complications with it because the itching had become so intense or mabe I 'm just allergic to morphine-I do know I will never have this stuff administered to me again, if it can e helped! I hope I help and not hendered your situation, but know that it all worked out find for me.