I had my appointment last week with the general surgeon about my gallbladder. According to him, my gallbladder is probably just shutting down and deciding not to work since the sonogram of it showed nothing wrong. He says since I had issues with it before pregnancy, the pregnancy itself is probably what caused the extra strain and caused it to want to just quit working. He says he will operate and remove it AFTER baby Weston is here.
That seems like a no brainer, right? You're probably asking "why surgery in the first place?" Right? Well as my surgeon explained, the OB is right about gallbladder attacks causing preterm labor. BUT...the attacks that cause preterm labor stem from gallSTONE attacks, and because I have no gallstones...I should be good to go. I will still be in pain, and because it is simply shutting down and working when it wants to--there's not really a good way to predict when an attack will occur or prevent one either. It may happen with a food once and never again, or vice versa. So...I just have to hope and pray it doesn't give me too much grief.
So anyway, as soon as Weston is born and I am comfortable with going in for surgery, I will call him and schedule it. As of now I figure a few weeks after he is born as long as I've not had a c-section. If I have a c-section, hopefully we can put it off until Thanksgiving or Christmas. We'll see....
I'll update the blog sometime this week about the wonderful baby shower we were given this weekend in Murfreesboro.
-M
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