pancreatitis and pregnancy

[Guest guest]

Hi group!

I hope this e-mail finds you all well. I've been very frustrated with my

pancreatitis. I'm currently 24 weeks pregnant (my 3rd pregnancy) and this

time I've experienced more pain than with my previous pregnancies. Earlier

this month I was put on bed rest due to some pre-term labor. While I was in

the hospital I was given a medication to control my contractions it was

Magnesium Sulfate. I was on the medication for 27 hours. During that time

I started feeling abdominal pain along with nausea and vomiting. My OB

doctor wanted to check my amylase and lipase and to my surprise they were

elevated! Last week I was in the hospital again for contractions and was

put on the Magnesium Sulfate again but only for about 12 hours. They

checked my levels and they were normal but I still had pain. I was given

Demerol and Phenergan and that seemed to help. I know medications can

irritate the pancreas and I think the Magnesium Sulfate is one of them. I'm

still getting flare up pain and I'm wondering if the medication they

currently have me on (to control the contractions) is causing some problems.

Anyway, there's not much they can do now since I'm 6 months pregnant....I

have to wait to deliver. I'm scared to keep having to go to the hospital

for contractions and being put on the Magnesium Sulfate again. I made an

appt with my GI but won't be able to be seen until the 24th of next month.

At least my OB doctor gave me some demerol to help with the pain.

Anyway, sorry for venting! It's just been a hard pregnancy and my pancreas

problem is not making things easier.

Sincerely,

Liana

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[Guest guest]

Liana, I am sorry you are going through that, I have one child. My pregancy was

spent on bed rest with a scheduled c section. It was extremely difficult to say

the least. I went into early labor a lot, was in the hospital a lot and

developed toxemia at the end. The whole thing was the most miserable experiance

of my life. I wish I could tell you there was something out there that worked

for me, nothing did. Of course that was 16 years ago and hopefully now something

will help you. I am really sorry you are going through this-Kathleen

" LIANA D. DIAZ " wrote:

[Guest guest]

Liana,

Pregnancy is hard enough without having pancreatitis. I cannot imagine how

hard that must be. My heart goes out to you. The baby will take what it needs

and your poor body has to suffer through the rest! I have 2 kids and had rough

pregnancies, I didn't know at the time I had cp and with my daughter I had

some pretty bad attacks and they removed my gallbladder thinking that would help

when she was 2 months old. My son was 2 years old at the time. Now that I look

back on it, I was already seeing signs of cp but I didn't know what it was.

But I cannot imagine how hard it must be for you! I pray it will get better and

you won't have to get anymore of the mag sulfate. That stuff is awful as it

is. Isn't that the stuff that makes you feel like fire is shooting out of your

behind? It has been a long time but I think that is what it felt like. My kids

are 10 and 12 now so I have forgotten so much of what it was like. I had

toxemia and preeclampsia and gestational diabetes. How is your blood sugar doing

with your pregnancy and cp?

Hope you are feeling better!

Angie in SC

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