When I was pregnant with Monkey I started getting horrible heartburn.  She had a lot of hair when she was born (hence her nickname) so I figured the wives tale about the correlation between the two was accurate.  After she was born, the heartburn continued, and actually got worse.

After about a year, I started throwing up after I would eat because the heartburn was so bad.  I finally went into the doctor, and she told me I had gallstones and had to have my gallbladder removed.  I had a stone stuck in the valve, therefore it was considered emergent.  Less than 48 hours later my gallbladder and my heartburn were gone. (more…)