YehudahTzvi: yes please give us a source for this! If it’s really true, i’m sure a lot of us here would like to know about it.
Sheva B: True – the surgery (c-section) itself was not painful. I had local anesthesia for all of them and was aware of what was going on – just a bit sedated but not much. The pain and discomfort after my first one was kind of hard – but the next two – not so bad. I agree that the discomfort of the stent after the lithotripsies definitely outweighed that of the c-sections and subsequent weeks.
btw – you are not boasting. sounds like we’ve kind of had similar experiences; kidney stones (though treated differently) and c-sections. and we both agree on which was worse.