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Hi, I am new to the site. I have joined b/c my hubby & I want to try to have a baby in a year or so. In Jan/07 I got my very 1st kidney stone & passed parts of that major blockage all yr. It was to the point that my left kidney was not functioning at all. I was told by my doctor that there was nothing I could take or do to prevent more stones & nothing I could do to try to pass the major blockage I had & it would therefore require surgery. I started researching all the naturopathic solutions out there & I started taking Ova Ursi which you can buy at health food stores. It is the leaves of the Bearberry plant & it is a natural diuretic. Within the 1st week of taking this I was no longer waking up in severe pain & having trouble urinating. I also wasn't experiencing my urine gurgling & backing up in me to travel over to my other kidney. Now I have been taking it on and off for a month & am feeling much better. I do not know what a doctor would say about taking Ova Ursi when pregnant, but it would be something you would want to ask about if you try it. Bearberry tea is also often recommended but many people have told me it doesn't work as well as Uva Ursi capsuls.

I am interested to hear what everyone else has to say about kidney stones. I tend to find drinking a lot of water or tea/coco causes me pain. I tend to drink a lot of lemonaide as the cirtrus in it is supposed to be good for breaking down & preventing kidney stones. Anyways trying to get my body recovered from last yrs kidney episodes so that I can get pregnant & stay pregnant.

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