Gallstones during pregnancy

[mmejia06]

I am 29 weeks pregnant and have multiple gallstones. I have had more than 6 biliary colic attacks and my OB is now recommending that I talk to a surgeon about having gallbladder surgery.  What are the risks of surgery to the baby and myself ???

[gem111]

Hi
I have hamy gallbladder removed although not when i was pregant.

Sunwoshier is correct please ask the questions just to make sure the benefit is much larger than the risk.

I had one very large stone rather than small stones so it was stuck rather than moving. I know if you have smaller stones they can cause some different serious problems.

I also understand how much it hurts which i think is worse than contractions in labour!!!

Good luck

Gemxx

[SunWorshiper_26]

I also had my gull bladder removed and OMG the pain from my gull bladder issues prior to surgery made recovering from surgery seem easy as pie

[therese101]

I had in excess of 20 attacks while i was pregnant. I chose not to have the surgery after discussing the risks with the surgeon. There were a few risks to the baby ie premature labor and a few others, where as no risks to the baby for me to continue on and work through the attacks. I chose to continue on and had my gall bladder removed 5 weeks after delivery.

Talk it through with the surgeon completely! Good luck! Stay away from any foods with fat in them, drink lots of apple juice and take it easy. I found hot showers and prescribed pain killers (category A)  helped during the peak of attacks but towards the end of my pregnancy pethidine was the only thing that helped me.