Kidney stones

[amymaew]

My client just emailed me - she was in the ER Saturday night and they think she has kidney stones. Anyone have any advice? I've never dealt with them and all I really know is that they hurt like a $^%$^ lol. Is there anything she can do to make them not hurt as much or pass or something? TIA

[sldsheppard]

LOTSA a water need to pee. The ER should have given her some pain pills but she should only take them if needed so she has them when the rocks shift

[loveslabor]

Lots and lots of water. I also was given vicoden and morphine. Never found much else to do about it. This pregnancy, in an effort to try *something* to avoid them, I have tried not to take many Tums or other antiacids with calcium in them.

[DoulaYvonne]

I started a thread about kidney stones in January. If you do a search you should find it with lots of good advice. Sorry, I'm just bad at searching or I'd do it for ya!

[Jilian]

I had a kidney stone last month, they only gave me tylenol in the ER (along with some antibiotics for the kidney infection). The only thing you can do to get it to pass it to drink a TON of water. As much as you can stand. When it hurts most, that means it is moving so it is a good thing. If she stops urinating completely then she needs to go back to the ER because that is a sign that the stone is too big to pass and it is causing a block.

I got through my stone by using a heated rice sock on the pain and leaning over the birth ball. Pressure where the stone was helped too. I swear they should make Doulas that help moms make it through kidney stones, they are FAR worse than natural childbirth! I've had 4 so far now, 2 while pregnant.

[douladot]

I have suffered this once also and it is so painful and lasted for days! I didn't know at the time what it was, but found out later through an ultrasound that I have a condition called "medullary sponge kidney"....in other words my kidneys were malformed from birth (or actually before)....people with this usually have a greater likelihood of producing stones! Now, I see or talk to a nephrologist once or twice a year. In fact, I am waiting to hear back right now because my urinalysis from my PCP showed blood in my urine over a week ago (not on my period either)....I have yet to get a call back about it and am getting more and more irritated as the days pass. I have called twice and get the old excuse -- it is on the doctor's desk. She will get back to you! UUGGHHH!