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I feel as though I am going to die from the pain w/ my kidney stones. I had my first attack four weeks ago on a Saturday afternoon. I was 21 weeks pregnant. The ER sent me home with a UTI and told me to drink plenty of fluids and take antibiotics. Needless to say that just added to my pain. Two days later I called my OB in tears and he sent me for an ultrasound. That afternoon he gave me percacet and told me once again to drink plenty of fluids b/c I had a kidney stone. Well by Wednesday I reached my breaking point. I went straight to his office again. From there he looked at the ultrasound on my kidney stone and all of a sudden realized that it was 13 mm. My left kidney was completely blocked. I had drank at least 4 gallons of water in the five days leading up to this b/c they told me to drink as much fluid as possible. I hope I have not done perm. damage to my kidney. They hospitalized me and he called in an urologist who placed a stint inside of me. This stint will have to be replaced every four weeks. It has been three weeks since my surgery to place the stint and something is wrong. It hurts so much. My left kidney all the way around to my ureter is throbbing in pain. I've taken the pain meds, but nothing is helping. I've tried calling my doctors, but have not been able to reach anyone. I don't want to go back to the ER because they look at me as though they have no idea of what to do with me. I am now 25 1/2 weeks pregnant. I'm scared the pain is going to send me into preterm labor. At this point I really don't know if I would even be able to tell the difference between contractions and the throbbing pain I'm already experiencing. I want my baby to be okay. I just don't know how to deal with this pain. It feels as though I have sharp knives stabbing me repeatedly in the back. Any advice will be appreciated. Are there foods I should or should not be eating? If I have a c-section can they remove the stones at the same time? Can more stones form while this one is in there? The only relief I have is when I fill the tub with 3-4 inches of water and submerge my kidney area or if I place a heating pad on the kidney. Will this harm my baby?

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