Conference moira::parenting

    
    Same thing happened to my SIL when she was pregnant.   She was even
    hospitalized one night the pain got so bad.  The night she spent in
    the hospital, the pain disappeared about 4 AM and it never bothered
    her again.  They had done the blood work and said it was her 
    appendix.  

    Don't rule out the gallbladder, either.

    theyre gonna check the gallbladder at her next ultrasound,
    did last time too, said ervything was fine. Well see, this
    ought to be a fun pregnancy :):)
    
    
      		Steve

    
    
    I had acute appendicitis (granted, not while pregnant) and the pain was
    *so* bad that I couldn't walk..  Hope your partner doesn't have this.
    
    This may seem indelicate, but is she able to go to the toilet as
    regularly as she did before she got pregnant?  Some pregnant women do
    suffer constipation which can cause severe stomach pain after a
    while...it can be helped by increasing the fibre intake - as I've found
    out this time around.
    
    Hope it is resolved soon.
    
    Jackie 

    Hey Steve, another baby.. what's this the fifth?  Must be that water in
    Maine eh?
    
    I also was thinking of constipation.  God knows when I had my
    surgeries, it was unbearable.   
    
    The vitamens that you get when you are pregnant, although loaded with
    iron which will do a number on your stomach too.
    
    FWIW,
    
    cj

    no CJ, only four :):) five will never be.....
    
    five!!! wow!  you gonna have four more?? enjoy :)
    

    I had problems, but I have an irritable bowel, and it gets really upset
    when I am pregnant and is pretty unpleasant, particularly if I "OD" on
    any milk products.  I don't drink milk but love cheese and yogurt.  My
    solution is increasing my fiber,slowly, cutting out cabbage and iceberg
    lettuce, and anything else that causes pain  when I am not pregnant.  
    
    meg

    
    
    For what it's worth....
         
    I had an emergency appendectomy at about 2 1/2 to 3 months into my fourth
    pregnancy many (28) years ago now.  Became very ill, i.e. nausea,
    vomiting which began in mid afternoon, intensifying during the night.
    The pain was so bad that I swore if there were scissors near my bed, I
    would have removed the appendix myself, I was so sure that was the
    problem.  I was operated on about 20 hours after the onset of the pain.
    So, if it's that bad, it usually doesn't go away.  My mother had the
    same thing, although not while pregnant.  The baby was fine....a
    positively beautiful baby girl.
    
    Something else, I ended up having my gall bladder removed about one
    year after my fifth, (and last) child was born.  In addition to that
    one singular appendix attack, I occasionally had sudden attacks of pain 
    during my pregnancies.  The pain would begin in the center of my back, 
    gradually intensifying, then subsiding.  Usually, by the time I reached 
    the doctor's office, they had stopped.  Later, they believed I had been 
    having gall bladder attacks.  I guess pregnancies can aggravate that 
    condition.  So, it's possible this pain could be an indication of a
    problem with the gall bladder.
    
    Lorraine
    
    

    update:  well, it has passed again. She said theyre going to check her
    gallbladder at the next ultrasound, I remember them looking last time
    and saying it looked OK, told her that, she said no they didnt...
    and Im wise enough to not argue it at this point :):)  shes right :)
    	If this problem evern gets identified, Ill let others know. >For
    now, i just hope it doesnt return (is it returns for more than a couple
    days, I suspect the mother-in-law will return also...  heres hoping :)
    
    thanks for the experiences...   Steve

    Steve,
    
    You're a wise man!  :-)  You made me grin with your efforts as
    self-preservation.   
    						cj *->

	I had to have an emergency appendectomy during my 5th month.  I
	was complaining of nausea and vomitting and severe lower abdomen
	pain.  This was my first child and I called right away.  The OB/GYN
	never let me go home.  We left his office direct to the hospital
	and into surgery.  At least I didn't have time to worry.  

	They told me later that without the surgery we could have lost the
	baby, me or both.  Glad they didn't say that before I went in.  The
	resulting scare isn't bad considering my abdomen was trying to expand 
	while they were holding it together with stiches.  The day after 
	surgery I was so happy just to feel my baby move.

	Only gained 11 pounds total after the surgery.  The result was a 
	healthy baby boy.  He is now 17 and 6'1.

	I wish you the best.