TryingToConceive And Think I Have a Hernia from Previous Surgical Incision...

You should NOT try and conceive, before you know if a surgery is needed. Having to do a surgery while you are pregnant is risky. And, it's something you can avoid. It's NEVER a good idea to conceive, when you have a known medical issue that's not being taken care of. Your body is not healthy right now and you could end up needing to fix it while your pregnant. That would be stressful for your baby. Why would you possibly put a baby through that? This really shouldn't be an issue of what you "want." Daily pain is not a good thing, you can't just wait this out, because it's what you "want." Your body is screaming at you, that there is something wrong. Don't ignore it.

I have a friend who was having intestine issues and didn't "want" to address it. She conceived, anyway. They had to preform a surgery on her AND take her baby prematurely. Her baby had a whole host of problems, simply because her mom didn't "want" a surgery before she conceived. Her child was perfectly healthy int he womb, and had to be taken early. She STILL has problems and major delays. Pretty selfish of her mom.

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Daily pain sounds serious! There are things in that area besides what you have listed. A doctor should be able to diagnose you promptly enough.

Are you planning to see a dr. about the pain before you continue trying to get pregnant? I'm not a dr. or nurse, but I think the pain could (maybe) be caused by adhesions from the surgery. Of course, I could be wrong, but it would be good to have an official diagnosis- whatever it is, before getting pregnant. I would imagine it could be much more complicated to treat if you are pregnant and it turns out you do need surgery or something. Also, if the pain gets worse while you are pregnant and the docs have to figure out what's wrong with you, they're not going to want to do X-rays or a CT scan. Ultrasound only shows so much....
Here's a little info about adhesions:

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/adhesion-general-post-...

I wish you all the best :)

I have some advice-spell some of this out-gals my age don't do acronyms! Is LLQ-lower left quadrant? VBAC? I would have surgery before I get pregnant-you will not be able to do the lifting involved with a newborn if you have the surgery while on ML. Good luck and take care!

Another possibility could be Irritable Bowel Syndrome - I have severe pain in my LLQ and my doctor has diagnosed it as IBS. only thing to do is adjust your diet to minimize the "flair ups" - but it's a possibility you should check before assuming you have a hernia due to a c-section. BTW both mine were c-sections - my first was breech and quite literally stuck in my hips, it took a lot of work to "unwedge" him - there was no possible way to do a vaginal birth with him... the IBS came after #2 - doc told me "things change" when you are pregnant - it stresses the digestive system and, sometimes, causes problems after the fact.

Also - you said you miscarried in Feb - I was told to wait at least 3 months before trying to conceive again - your body needs to recover from the lost pregnancy - why not use that time to get this pain checked out?

Good Luck - but you really should discuss this with your doctor.