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I had kidney stones at 16 weeks, after 5 days in hospital they finally diagnosed me with kidney stones. They told me my best option was to have a stent put in, this would help me to pass the stone and also reduce the amount of pain I was experiencing. It definately reduced the pain level and I did pass the stone about 3 weeks later. The stent was extremely uncomfortable but the doctors told me it was best to leave the stent in until after the baby was born just in case I had any more stones. I now have a beautiful, healthy 5 month old daughter and am about to undergo the 3rd attempt to remove the stent. The first try was during a procedure where I was awake and was pretty uncomfortable. This didn't work as the stent had calcified in my bladder because it had been in for so long. For the second attempt they put me to sleep and removed all of the calcification and then tried to remove the stent, it still wouldn't budge. So after an xray they discovered it had also calcified in my kidney. Unfortunately they haven't come across this before and now have no idea how to fix the problem. I am waiting for them to figure it out. My advice is if you have to have the stent put in, ask your doctor to remove it sooner rather than later or at least keep a close eye on it so you don't have the same problem I had.

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