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abdominal herniaFrom: Beth (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:12:39 -0800 (PST)
I am 22 weeks pregnant with my 5th child. I was diagnosed this week with an abdominal hernia and spent 24 hours in the hospital to monitor for infection. As I was put to bed as soon as I arrived, the hernia receeded and I don't believe they got the full understanding of what is going on. When I go to bed at night, the hernia "goes back in". In the early part of the day (say until 1 or 2 in the afternoon) it will only pop out if I cough or sneeze or strain and I can easily push it back in. By late afternoon and evening, however, it comes out and stays out. It gets hard and very sore. Then I just go to bed and the process starts over again. My midwife has referred me to a surgeon for evaluation, but he can't get me in for anther 2 weeks. My question is - what is going to happen during labor? What will the strain do? It frightens me that I have this tear in my abdominal wall and in another 4 months I'm going to go into labor and put the ultimate pressure on it. Although no one has mentioned a c section, it has entered my mind. My four previous deliveries have been vaginal and I'm not trilled about the idea of a c section. On the other hand, I have this horrid picture of my organs exploding out of my abdomin during delivery and I find that terrifying. Any statistics or info you can share on this?
-- Beth
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