Overview
- Jaitly developed cholestasis of pregnancy during her 2012 and 2017 twin pregnancies, alongside gestational diabetes and severe symphysis pubis dysfunction.
- She attributes her two spontaneous twin pregnancies to a genetic tendency to hyperovulate that has affected women across multiple generations in her family.
- The liver condition manifested as intense itching of the palms and soles, sleepless nights and deep anxiety for her babies before an early diagnosis by her medical team in Dubai.
- One of her 2017 twins died shortly after birth from a congenital heart condition, highlighting the life-and-death stakes of untreated cholestasis.
- Jaitly urges any pregnant woman experiencing persistent itching to request a bile acid test for early detection and potentially life-saving treatment.