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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.

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