Around the time of Olivia's 1st birthday I started having some minor pain in my right side and lower back. The pain was a dull pain that would come and go. I thought it was back pain from carring around a 20lbs baby and all her gear. In March the pain kept getting worse and worse but I still just thought I had strained my back. Then the 1st weekend in April i found myself in terrible pain and had DH take me to the ER. After a couple test they discovered that my gallbladder wasn't functioning properly and needed to be removed. My doctor told me that this was a very common occurance in women after pregnancy. I am scheduled for laproscopic surgery next week. The doctor said I could expect to need 5-10 days to recover. Anyone else had this procedure?

Here is an article i found-
http://pregnancyandbaby.com/pregnancy/baby/Gall-bladder...g-pregnancy-2082.htm

I don't know anything about it.
But I just wanted to wish you good luck.
Man, the things pregnancy does to us!

I just thought i'd pop on and let everyone know I survived !!!! My surgery went according as planned today. I got to the surgical center at 12:00 and spent 1 hour in pre-op then went back in surgery. This was the first time i had been put to sleep and I have to say it was a strange feeling. I was pretty out of it for most of the afternoon. My parent's brought Olivia back to see me when i woke up and she reached down and gave me the biggest hug. It was sooo sweet. All the nurses and doctor were fussing over her so she had a blast. The doctor had prepared me to stay all night, but I had met all my discharge requirements by 8:00 p.m. so I was allowed to go home last night. So far I am doing good, just extremely sore. I am able to get around pretty good, just really slowly. DH is taking great care of me and all the grandparents are taking great care of Olivia.

Glad to hear things went so well and that you are recovering nicely!

Great news, LivisMom! I was just wondering this morning how things had gone. I hope your recovery goes as smoothly as the surgery did!

Great news! Thanks so much for letting us know. Sounds like you are in good hands (and so is Olivia!)

I'm glad it went well. Hope you get back to 100% very quicly!

Thanks Girls!!! I am feeling better but still extremely sore. DH, Olivia and I got out of the house this afternoon and went to Circuit City to buy his mom a digital picture frame for mother's day. It was good to get out of the house, but i paid for it this afternoon. I hope to be better soon i hate not being able to take care of Olivia.

How are you feeling today? Better, I hope!

Kristi- I feel alot better. I am getting around really good. Today it my first day on my own with Olivia and we are doing great. She took it easy on me and took a 3 hour nap. DH and I are heading out for our weekend away tomorrow so I'll get 2 more days of rest.