i had severe gallstones when my ds2 was a bub, was miss diagnosed as muscle strain untill he was 6 weeks old, only found out what it was when i was rushed into emergencey as the pain was unbareable. i had to have surgery that night and due to the morphine i could not feed bub, he was at home with df, so had to go straight to formula, i had to stay in for a week and in that time couldnt realy "controll" the pain killers they gave me, but managed ok with minimal panadine fort once back home. if you are able to express 2 weeks or so worth of milk, you should be ok, not sure how long it stays in your system. i developed bad mastitis while recovering in hospital as i have alot of trouble expressing so it just continued to build.
my sister was diagnosed with gallstones 2 weeks after giving birth. She had been vomiting for weeks, and just horribly uncomfortable at night - which had been put down to bubs position. She had them removed, and was told by the nurses that she couldn't breastfeed because of the medication. The midwife came along and said what a load of hogwash - she had been on endone and panadeine forte post c-section, so baby had already had some exposure to narcotics with no ill effects.
Thanks ladies,
so far I have been able to control the gall stones with diet. At least i am lucky in that i am aware of the triggers and can avoid those foods so hopefully won't have to worry about surgery for some time. Touch wood. It would be nice to have some nice crispy bacon and eggs though mmmmm.
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