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I am 30 weeks preganat and at 20 weeks I had a kidney stone that blocked my kidney from draining, I was in the hospital for 3 days to see if it would pass, but no luck. They ended up giving me an epidual and putting a stent which I have to keep in untill after I deliver. I have not have a problem since (Knock on wood). The only thing I would say to avoid would be grapefruit juice I was drinking it like it was going out of style and since then I have not had any grapefruit juice. Also I have tried to drink 2 8oz glasses of water per hour during the day to keep my body flushed. I wish you the best.

I literally just got out of the hospital on January 20 (less than 2 days ago) for a kidney stone. I woke up feeling pressure on the 17th in my pelvis region. Went to work thinking it was just the pregnancy (23 weeks), but the pain got to be unbearable! Called my OB and went in. My right kidney was FULL! they tried to put a cathader in, would not drain. He then sent me in for a renal ultrasound and from there admitted me. I then went in to have a x-ray done with iodine injected to see my kidneys and then had a stent put in on the 18. The pain was so bad they put me on a morphine drip (which made me sick as crap!!!) Sent me home on the 19that noon, was admitted back in the hospital by 9pm that same night because of the pain that I was still in, which is caused by the spasms in the bladder traveling up the kidney and back down. I was discahrged on the 20th and sent home with antibiotics (to help prevent infection), percocet for pain, and Detrol LA (to help ease the frequency of going to the bathroom). It scares me though everytime to go to the bathroom because of the blood that is in my urine. I was told that I would only have to wear the stent for a week (urologist told me that). But I am afraid of this happening again. It hurt so bad to have my right ureter blocked my a 8mm stone and I don't want to have to go through this again. I was told though that if you never have stome before pregnancy and then get them, you will be prone for the rest of your life to get them. They are awful!!!!

January 1st I woke up with major side pain. I was 24 weeks pregnant. I went to hospital where they gave me morphine, did an ultrasound and sent me home with vicodin and told me it was a probable kidney stone. I went home about 2pm and by 8pm I was back at the hospital because the vicodin was not working and the pain was BAD. I was again put on morphine, given another ultrasound and told again that it was probably a kidney stone. They gave me percoset and at 6am the next morning, they sent me home and told me to take the percoset every 4 hours, even during the night. That day went okay, but bythe next morning about 4am, the percocet started only helping me for about 1 hour..which meant 3 hours of pain...I called my OB and after several hours of trying to get approvals from my Primary doctor, I was sent to a urologist who told me he wanted to put in a stent, but that he was going to do it without xrays. I went into surgery that night (Tuesday the 3rd.) They sent me home that night. The next day about 6pm the pain came back stronger than ever. By midnight I called my OB and he told me to take percoset every 3 hours and then go to emerency the next morning and they would do an xray. Well, about 3am I was throwing up the percocet so I went to the hospital. After several hours of morphine and who knows what else, the pain was slightly better. I had an MRI and an xray. The stent was below the stone. The urologist thought that he just did not put it up high enough. I was back into surgery having it replaced within 2 hours. They kept me overnight and I was sent home Friday at lunch. By Friday about 10pm, the pain was once again back stronger than ever again. I somehow made it thru the night (no sleep AGAIN) and the next morning I was back in emergency and had another xray. The stent was once again below the stone. The urologist said that the stent must be too small and it keeps slipping. I went in for a THIRD surgery. They kept me overnight again and I went home on Sunday morning. Well, this stent is holding finally. It has been almost 3 weeks since my last surgery. All I can say is, "stents suck!" They hurt! I cannot be on my feet for more than 15 minutes without cramping and shooting pains. I do not want to put my baby through anymore, so I am unwilling to take pain meds. I had to quit my job. I have a 2 and 4 year old that are trying to understand, but are going stir crazy. I cannot even take them to the park. I cannot clean my house. I know one day I will say that this is all worth it...but that day is not coming soon enough. Well, I just needed to vent. Thanks for listening:)

I am 28 weeks pregnant and just got out of the hospital after passing 5 stones in 4 days. I feel for you. My doctor had me on morpine, vicodine and demerol to relieve my pain. I was told I needed to wait until the baby was born and then have liprotripsy done. I was told to drink a gallon of water a day to help pass the stones. I passed 3 that I know of with baby #1 and 7 with #2 so far. I'd like help with any suggestions also. Thanks!

I had my first "kidney stone" attack at 24 weeks and I then went on to being in the hospital 5 times during the duration....and i also chose not to take my pain medication and my son was just fine...the doctor always says AS NEEDED...come to find out i didn't have kidney stones i had gaulbladder stones and had to have emergency surgery to remove my gaulbladder.....MY SON IS BEAUTIFUL AND HEALTHY AND I DIDN'T TAKE MY MEDS EVEN THOUGH I WAS IN PAIN...SO DON'T LET SOMEONE ELSE TELL YOU DIFFERENT TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR CHOICE AND SEE WHERE YOU CAN GO FROM THERE...

I am 22 weeks pregnant & have had a kidney stone since I was 2 months along. My urologist tells me there is pretty much nothing they can do about it unless they put a stent in but from the sounds of it, it is really painful-maybe more than the stone pain itself. Today I've been miserable. Nausea, dizzy, and really horrible flank & back pain & now the pain is even hurting my hip & leg. I had an ultrasound done at 18 weeks & I still have fluid around my kidney. Anyway, just wanted to know if there is any other options for removal of the stone while pregnant besides just getting a stent put in? Thanks!!

i am 17 wks pregnant and this is my 5th time having kidney stones so far they only give me a little pain so i havent had to really worry too much about bad meds

I was diagnosed with kidney stones about a week ago when I woke up with horrible pain on my left side - lower abdomen and back. I'm 35 weeks pregnant by the way. So I thought it was early labor signs. Went into the hospital and after urine test and ultrasound/x-ray, they found a small stone (with blood in urine). They stated the procedures they might have to do if it got worse (meanwhile hooked me up to IV in hopes to wash out stone). Couple of days later, pain hits worse than ever. Back to hospital. Same thing - IV with painkillers (demerol which made me sick), and then sent me home. After that day, the pain's mostly stayed away, but I still ache a bit and the area is tender like I've been punched there and now it's healing or something. Am so scared the pain will return, and am angry they won't take the stone out.
My question is this though: I know women have passed stones on this forum - what do they look like??? What do the stones look like - what color, what size, what shape, what consistency, etc.

Well I feel like a new person because last wednesday I passed my kidney stone (22 weeks prego) and that sucker was HUGE!!! It was about the size of a green pea. I measured it & it is 1/4" in diameter!! My urologist wants to analyze it since it was so big. But in answer to someones question about what a stone looks like: mine was brown & white (calcium) and looked like a funny jagged rock. I'd never seen one before either so it was wierd to see it. I didnt' hurt actually peeing it out which was nice. The only reason I even knew I passed a stone was because my pain had gone away and that night I got up to go pee & my bladder was really full but when I sat down to pee for a split second nothing came out!! Then I felt a wierd plop & my pee came gushing out! So I thought it was kind of wierd & I turned on the light & looked in the toilet & there it was staring back at me!! I fished it out of the toilet with some toilet paper so I could call my urologist the next morning to tell him how big it was! Anyway, after 3 months of having the stone I'm feeling like a new person! I didn't realize how much pain I was in for so long until I passed the stone. Good luck to all you out there that are going through this. I just hope there's not more stones to come for me!!!

I posted earlier and now that my baby is born, wanted to follow up to stand as living proof that it all comes out OK in the end! I had a kidney stone at 31 weeks, which the urologist removed by "basketing" and inserted a stent. I tolerated it for four weeks then had it removed, although they would have liked me to live with it until birth. No more stones! And no complications in my beautiful baby girl from the Darvocet, which I tried to take sparingly but took when I needed it. My ninth month of pregnancy was VASTLY more comfortable than my eighth once that stent was removed. Stay strong ladies; I know it's so very hard.

i am 5 months pregnant and just found out after 25 years i have only 1 kidney my whole life.and i have stones in my good kidney and keeo urinating blood.i am on antibiotics and the doc said they dont work i will be in the hospital with aggressive antibiotic treatment and it could put me in labor.but if that dont work i will need to get the tube that goes from the kidney to bladder replaced cause it is stretched and dialated. im sooo scared and am afraid of loosing mt baby boy.if anyone knows what to do please help

Hi Bonnie, I've been there before. Not quite as severe though. I went into pre-term labor with my son at 26 weeks because of kidney stones. I ended up having surgery to remove it and they finally got my labor stopped after that. I had to be on bedrest for the remainder of my pregnancy but I ended up with a beautiful little boy who is now 2-1/2. I am pregnant again and praying that I don't have a repeat. Is there any way the doctor can do surgery? I just want to let you know that you are in my prayers and you can have a good outcome.

THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO STENTS!!!! For anyone who has been told that a stent is the only option for bypassing a kidney/ureter blocked by a stone, please read my posts dated Sept. 27, and Oct. 10. I hate to keep hearing about the agony of stents, because I know how painful they are!

Hello everyone,

Drink Pineapple juice (100%). It does work. my husband and I both have used this with stones and I found out about it from a medical journal and my grandmother-in-law who is from Chile who also had stones and drinks pineapple juice to break them down.

Oh my God, I'm soooo glad I found this message board! My wife is in the hospital in unbearable pain as I write this, and we were wrestling with the decision of whether or not to get a stent put it. She's 35 weeks and has been in the hospital for 7 days. The doctors are pretty sure that she has a kidney stone, but since they can't see it on the ultrasound, they can't be 100% sure. But like they say, it quacks like a duck - they think it's a duck... They've had her on various combinations of Demerol, Dylaudid, Percocet, & Morphine (... and Phenorgen for the nausia). Our urologist mentioned the posibility of losing the baby with the stent and advised very strongly against it, so combined with the testimonials here, it definitely sounds like taking narcotics for another 2 weeks until they can do the C-section is the best course of action.

I'm 27 weeks pregnant and last week I had a sent placed. For all you mommies out there that have been thru this procedure please help me with the following:
How is the sent removed, is anesthia needed? is it removed in the MDs office??

Is it painful to urinate everytime you go to the bathroom for the duration of the stent placement?

Did the stent cause any trouble for the baby?