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I have had stones 4 times in my life - at 6 mos and 9 mos of my first pregnancy, at 6 mos during my second pregnancy (in hospital 4 days, not that they helped much), and just yesterday, at 6 mos during my 3rd pregnancy. I was lucky enough that if I remained upright, the pain was manageable, and only turned to a real "attack" if I lied down. You sound like your experience was much worse. I definitely think that there is a link between pregnancy and stones, but that the statistics just haven't been collected to prove it.
All they could do was say to stay upright and put a hot water bottle on it, drink cranberry juice and tons of water, and hope it passes. While in hospital they gave me Tramadol, which is supposed to be fairly strong, but it did nothing for kidney attack pain. They just kept me admitted in case the shock initiated early labour. I was lucky, and after a few days it just went away. The doc said that if it was really bad they could put a stent in while pregnant and remove the stone. It's a risk you really have to consider. I've never had a stone except while pregnant, but have had stones every pregnancy..

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