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Jayne-Go for the tube in your back (Nephrostomy) I have had it for 5 months now, and I am pain free!

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Vanessa - Is it easy to deal with? Only i am a schhol teacher and really want to go back to work pain free. I am worried about having it fitted and having to empty the bag etc. at school. At the moment i m just trying to bare the pain with no pain killers. Its fine while im at home but i will not be able to teach while trying to suffer the pain. It comes and goes from day to day. One day i will be suffering and the next pain free. So my mind changes from one day to the next obviously. I glad to hear it worked for you and you are now pain free!

Jayne,

I had surgery during the second trimester because of a blocked ureter. The urine was backing up into my kidneys and they did not want to take any chances. Surgery during the second trimester is the "safest" time to have it. It is not general anaesthesia, it is a spinal anaesthesia. I had a stent put in, then had it removed after a few weeks due to the extreme discomfort.

As for Bria, this is my second pregnancy with stones. Having passed over 23 in the last four months without medication, but requiring pain medication for a very large one. I am offended by your tirade.

I spent several hours in excruciating pain last week waiting for my husband to get home from a trip, swallowing tears and trying to hide it from my toddler before I would go to the emergency room. I don't take pain medication lightly....

I am glad you have been able to deal with your stones with no medication. I will agree with someone else who wrote that size, location and mobility affect that decision.

For those of us who are having difficulty and can't really find other people who suffer the same malady, this board is a little bit of comfort. Why not let us have it.

P.S. I have been suffering with stones for 13 years!!! This is not new to me.

Hey ladies,
So sorry to hear about your kidney stones. I actually was diagnosed with gall stones during this pregnancy and I have heard they are just as bad as kidney stones, so believe me when I say I know what you are going through. I guess I am writing this to Bria-I just want to say that it is none of your business telling these ladies not to take thier pain medication and calling them weak. I am sure that they wouldn't if they had a choice, but I know that it puts stress on the baby to be in pain. I am not sure what a kidney stone attack is like, but with my gall bladder attacks I was throwing up for 2-3 days and not keeping anything down-even water, not to mention being in excruciating pain. I would lay on the bed and cry becuase I didn't want to take anything for it. My OB, ER doctors, and surgeon all convinced me it was better to take them then to put stress on the baby. I just had surgery to get it out becuase my liver wasn't functioning anymore due to the stones, and it was getting dangerous and they even put me under total anesthesia and me and my baby are fine. Of course I would have chosen differently if there was a choice, but my baby would not have lived if I had died. I just want to say that you cannot judge what people are going through just becuase your attacks have been relatively easy-everyone experiences it differently. I know that lots of women are able to go through the whole pregnancy with gall stones-like Shelly, and I could have until my liver was affected. I wouldn't call any pregnant woman who is suffering attacks caused by stones of any kind weak!

Just an update, going back to the hospital tuesday for stent removal, it dropped down and is not on in the kindey anymore, was in the hospital for 5 days(again) with a kidney infection, so sick of this! The urologist says that if the pain comes back he's placing another stent in there (hope not!)I'm so worry all this medication I'm taking because of my baby!

Bria - you are rude and ignorant. I dont have easy labors but I gave birth with no meds and it was much less painful than the stones were.Your lack of compassion is very unbecoming for a lady............................... ** For everyone else - Im going to list the site one more time. IM not trying to be annoying, but I created this forum for YOU, those of you who are going through this to get personal help and encouragment. Im not even pregnant right now nor do I have stone problems currently......I just want to help everyone who has to go through this!..............http://118790.AceBoard.net ................come share your story and ask questions! :)

Liliana,
I'm so happy for you that the baby dropped down and you seem to be off the hook for a while. In my experience (3 pregnancies, and problems with stones during the 6th month and 9th month only), this has also been the case. After 4 days or so of suffering (sometimes just achiness that prevents sleep, but other times the full-on unbearable agony of a serious attack...Bria has obviously not experienced the latter). For me, the serious attack was worse than all but the last 10 minutes of labour, but I'm sure that for others it is worse. At least you know with labour, it will come to an end shortly, and it is psychologically a more acceptable challenge. Once you hit 10/10 on the pain scale, how can you really compare anymore anyway?
It does concern me that some women might have their stent or tube in longer than required. It's hard to know for sure, but once "the lightening" happens and the baby drops down out of the way, perhaps it would be worth asking the doctor to consider removing it. Of course, learning from Bria's comment, I must admit that every case would be different. I've never had a stent or tube, though the doctor was about to install one when my baby suddenly dropped down. It sounds like a terrible experience, but perhaps it could be more of a temporary measure for some people? I also wonder whether there might be a way to encourage the baby to drop down sooner, through massage or whatever. I remember putting the seatbelt on top of the bump on long trips, because underneath lifted it up and the pain increased, and I tried to physically push the baby down myself, but perhaps a professional could learn how to manipulate things better.
All fine and good with some sorts of attack, I suppose, but it would be utterly useless with a 1/4 inch stone like Rachel's, which is going to block things no matter where the baby is.
My baby just dropped down last week as well and the attack ended up only being "Bria-sized", but after previous experiences even THINKING about how bad it can get brought tears to my eyes. I'm hoping that it doesn't recurr at 9 months, but if it does, I'll be asking them to insert plenty of prostaglandin gel, to soften that cervix and get things underway. Not planning on another sleepless week before going through labour this time around.

Paula - hey! mine was 1/2", not 1/4", hehehehe, dont make it smaller than it was or Bria will think Im a wimp!! *wink*......interesting theory though, about the baby dropping. I was 23 weeks and def. not dropped. Maybe the baby was keeping it stuck? hm. dont know if the baby even is near your ureter or not??

I am 7 months pregnant and due the end of August 2005. I was first diagnosed with kidney stones April 29th. The maternity triage hosptial in Delaware sent me home with a bottle of Peroscet. The following day, I was in so much pain I went back to triage and was admitted into the hospital. After a few days of trying to pass the stone myself, with pain medication, I had an ultrasound which confirmed that I have 3 stones 1 in my right kidney and 2 in my left. My first surgery was to place a stent in my right ureter since my left side wasn't causing any pain. The stent was more painful than the kidney stone. Not only that, I had a very hard time recovering from the surgery. My lungs filled up with fluid, my oxygen level was unstable and I began contractions. One week later I was able to go home with the stent in place. After 3 weeks of suffering the pain of the stent, we decided to remove the stent. During that surgical procedure keep in mind with no general anesthesia, the stent had moved up in my ureter and they were unable to remove it.The following week I was scheduled for another surgery with gen anes. During this operation, the stone had grown to 2cm and the doctor could not get the stone out. It took them 20 minutes to push the stone back into my right kidney and then they had to put in a bigger, longer stent. Again, I did not recover well and was admitted in the hosptial for another 3 days with the same complications as the first surgery. As we all know, the pain from the stent is unbearable. I asked that the stent be removed last week and I was hoping that I would not be in pain anymore since the stone is now in my kidney again. Unfortunately, that is not the case. I am in terrible pain and crying and getting depressed. When will it end? My husband and I have grown closer during this trial and I am thankful that I have such a wonderful, understanding husband. I too have 2 other children and a full time job. I have had to go out on short term disability because I just cannot handle the pain and discomfort and the pain medication makes me very tired. Has anyone had any problems with constipation and hard stools from the pain medication? I have. Any recommendations? Today I am sitting here, with everything I need by my side. The bible, a phone, a drink, the tv remote, the laptop and something to eat. The pain medication is upstairs and I don't even want to think about going and getting it. My doctors have told me that the pain meds should not hurt the baby, but it is still very hard to believe that they won't. After reading the posting, I am comforted by the fact that most of you have been on pain meds too. I will pray that each one of you have a heatlhy baby. This will probably be my last child and through this experience I feel such a deeper connection with my baby already! Well, I have went on enough and I look forward to coming back to this website for more encouragement and hope. May the Lord bless all of you!

Victoria; I'm sorry to hear about your situation and good luck to you.
De Anna,are you still out there?Haven't heard from you in a while and I was just wondering how you were doing!!!!!!!

I,m starting a new page on kidneystones, it takes to long to scroll down so I thought we just continue there,and hopefully Bria will stay out of that one.

Sorry i havent been on for a while.
Well I passed my stone finally!!!! 3mm.
Im glad thats done (for now) my doc says i should be expecting more. and yesterday i went to my doctor for my check up and she told me my baby dropped [ already ... that kinda scares me since im only 33 weeks ] i hope if she does come early that she will be in good health ] congrats on your boy shelly..I like the name its cute.I think if i had a boy id name him David and If i have a girl Im naming her Reese. I just always go for stuff you dont hear much plus something about that name i really like. although im starting to wonder if im really having a girl!?! lol cause everyone is telling me it looks like a boy the way im carrying. i just gotta know whats the truth behind the whole Old wives tales? i mean is it really true if your low and round like a basketball that its a boy ... and high up like a watermelon its a girl? im hoping someone can tell me whos been preg before. lol cause i know nothing with this being my first pregnancy. and another one if u gain alot in the butt and thighs , is that a boy or girl? i hear the opposite for everything. i just wanna know something . I bought all these girl clothes and everything girl , and i dont wanna have to take everything back. lol. but i know when it comes down to it ill be happy no matter what.
Bria--- you have alot of nerve coming on here insulting people on their pain tolerances ... if you were really smart i think u would have learned that everyone is different. maybe u can handle the pain. but that gives you no right to come on here and insult us ( people you know nothing about ). I think your a rude arrogant bitch! I guess im going to have to be blunt like you. and obviously this site isnt for you. so i would suggest you just dont even post your little worthless comments on here anymore. Go to a site where people arent so "weak".

Hi De Anna, i'm happy to hear from you.So you passed the stone huh? How do you feel now? Are you painfree or do you have an other one of those suckers bugging you?I really really hope you were taking painmedication at the time that you passed your stone.What I'm I saying???You should have tough it out, according to our newest best friend Bria that we can really count on her sympathy,oh who I'm I b@llsh@tt@ng, I hate that B@tch.Anyways going further on the Ol' wives tale, you know I'm having a boy and indeed I am carrying low and my tummy looks just like a basketball.I like the names you picked out especially Reese.Are you supposed to have a girl? How many U/S have you had so far? Since we are about as far along besides kidneystones whats are your other complaints? I'm really having a hard time sleeping.Baby is active till 1:00 am then it takes me forever to find a semi comfortable position to sleep, the moment I'm getting to that point i have to get out of bed to pee, and than it starts all over again.Or the pressure on my back from the gallstones will give me sleepless nites too.Well, I really hope that after passing the stone you'll get at least a break.We only have about 7 weeks to go or less.My mother in law told me she had all 4 kids at 37 weeks,and my sister in law (married to my hubby's brother)had them at 38 weeks.I don't want it too soon,but really at 37 or 38 weeks I would NOT mind.I know the baby is totally ready and I'm sure by then so will I. Talk to you later!!!!!!!!!

Yes Im pain free now!! Sooo happy.
yea i have trouble finding a comfortable sleeping position also , and i wake up and feel soo stiff in my lower back and abdomen. my baby is also very active when i wanna sleep. but i enjoy every little movement the baby makes. I only had one ultrasound. how many have u had?? i had mine at exactly 18wks and they said it "looks like a girl" and the baby did a little flip and her legs were open and i didnt see no penis. but everyone is telling me " you look like your having a boy " but i guess we will see. but yea i really hate it when i finally do get comfortable at night then what do yah know lOl i gotta pee.. gosh thats annoying. my mother had all of us at 38 weeks she said ... but she told me when she was preg with me they induced her i wasnt due till oct.11th and i was born sept.30th . by c-section. but i hope all goes well for us.

I'm so happy to hear your painfree at this moment.I really hope it stays that way for the rest of your pregnancy.I.ve had 4 U/S done by now just because i put i guilt trip on my Dr.First U/S was requested by her just to make sure that my due date was AUG 24 and the u/s dropped it to AUG 14.Then I told her I really wanted to know the gender so we did one at 18 or 19 weeks but it was hard to see, she was leaning more towards a girl because she couldn,t see any boyparts,she was70% sure it was a girl.I knew from the beginning that it was a boy,not because i wanted a boy i really dont care i want one of each anyways,but i just knew.I also knew I was pregnant 2 weeks before I was able to take a pregnancy test.I took one a week before i was supposed to get my period and it came back negative(duh) and than i took one 2 days after i was late and that one was positive, 2 days later i took another one and it was positive again.A week later I went to see my Dr and they confirmed my pregnancy.(I'm so paranoid,a week after that I took another home pregnancy test and guess what? it was positive!!!) Ok, at 23 or 24 weeks,-i can't remmember shit nowadays-we took another u/s and it was very clear it was a boy.She even made sure it wasn't the umbilical cord-THAT REALLY MADE MY HUBBY PROUD- but she showed us both,the penis and the umbilical cord.And 3 weeks ago she did another one and yep,still a boy.It is very need to see him now, he is so big and I have a picture were he has his hand by his forehead,and you can count 5 li'l fingers and it is just very cute.The last u/s was done because she almost tried to kill me.Ok,i had to go in for another papsmear (3 months ago it came back abnormal)and she did i really don't know what but i starded bleeding really bad, I had that whole bed and floor covered with blood.I freaked out, the nurse panicked and my DR just looked worried.She asked the nurse to go and get somegauze to pad me dry,the nurse runs out of the room, LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN, runs back in,my Dr was trying to let me know what happened and not to worry too much.I guess she hit a vein in my cervix and its so sensitive there and concentraded with blood that was the reason it bled so much,but I had to stay in so theycould monitor me so she asked the nurse from hell to get me some sanitary napkins.When the nurse walked in (I had just gotten dressed) she says:I"M FREAKING OUT<ARE YOU FREAKING OUT???Well yeah,at that moment I really started freaking out.So my Dr comes in I'm crying and she told me she was going to do a U/S just for me and her to feel better and make sure that the blood didn't come from the placenta.Once again she asked the nurse from hell to go and fetch my husband so he could be there with the u/s and of course let him know whats going on it was all taking quite some time.MY hubby tells me later the nurse came out running and said:Hurry,your wife and the dr need to see you inside right now!!!!!!! And of course as he came in the room I was still sniffing and my Dr trying to comfort me.You now what he must have thought.Any ways,THAT is how I got my last u/s.I went through hell for that one but now I think its funny:ARE YOU FREAKING OUT?lol.I tell you everything during this pregnancy has been "different" The results of that papssmear came back normal, when I went in for glucose test it came back high, did the 3 hour glucose test came back normal,Jeez,and people still ask me WHILE i'm pregnant if i'm gonna have another one!!!!!!!!!! Probably,as soon as i have a severe case of amnesia and forgotten about all of this.When I get into one of those poor me moods I snap out of it real quick the moment i feel my baby kick or pop or whatever he is doing.I also get that bruised feeling inthe morning,all my muscles in my back and tummt hurt and it takes a good 2 hours before i feel like everything is settling again.Ok,I think i wrote enough now,guess i could go write a book.I'm freaking out....lol.