There are other ways your doctor can look for the cause of your enlarged liver. He may use an ERCP, a scope that checks for problems in the ducts (tubes) that carry bile. An MRCP, a special type of MRI, also helps spot that kind of trouble.
Cholestasis of pregnancy, also known as obstetric cholestasis or intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, usually occurs during the last trimester of pregnancy, and triggers severe itching, especially on the hands and feet. On rare occasions symptoms may appear before the third trimester.
However, ICP occurs in 11.8% to 27.6% of pregnancies to women of Araucanian Indian descent in Chile. The most common symptom of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy is itching which typically develops in the third trimester of pregnancy.