Thank you! Did your SBO require a surgery after pregnancy? This is the fear my husband and I have about a second pregnancy. More so we fear the possibility of obstruction during pregnancy, as my colorectal NP shares that in the past, when they have had J pouchers develop obstructions that won’t resolve during pregnancy, they end up hospitalizing them on TPN until it’s safe to deliver the baby. That sounds absolutely awful!! What makes this so challenging is that the obstruction happened 7 weeks out from my C section. Things went so well with my C section surgery, and it seemed almost too good to be true! I guess there is probably no way of knowing how high my personal risk is for another obstruction. I think what my main question is is one that may not be answerable - did my uterus expanding during pregnancy and then shrinking again over those few weeks play a significant role in my small bowel shifting and resulting in it getting caught in that adhesion? If so, that to me is a high enough risk to suggest a second pregnancy could very likely result in the same scenario. I seem to form adhesions rather easily..this was the second time since my first surgery that I’ve had to have an adhesion lysed. My OB was Dr. Julianne Newcomer at Froedtert hospital, and she seemed to think that theory makes sense, though it’s impossible to say for sure. My pouch surgeon is all the way up at Mayo Clinic.
I would be willing to chat some more/at least stay in touch! 