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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!

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