A .gif that shows where our organs go during pregnancy

Also totally curious about how this works with a j pouch. Mind you, I still have not seen a satisfying picture of what they really did in there. I kind of wonder if they really know. Actually I don't wonder. I am pretty sure that they have no idea. They just cut and pray. Other people, have you seen really decent pics/gifs etx of how we might look inside? I am obviously especially curious about pregnancy, but any time after the surgeries would be great too. 

I've got no pictures, but I've had 2 babies since my j pouch. For the most part my body adjusted well. Overall I had more trouble getting my bladder to empty than anything, until 37 weeks with one baby. His weight shifted into my intestines and it acted like a mechanical blockage. I was so sick for about a day and then the meds they gave me caused baby to have a heart deceleration and I got to have my c section. (Docs were refusing it because my life wasn't in danger) the next baby i had a few occasional problems but nothing I couldn't work around with some yoga positions, warm bath and abdominal massage. He was delivered at his scheduled time and date. I DID learn to take a probiotic to the hospital. They gave me high powered antibiotics that tore up my system.

I suppose that the jpouch gets pushed down and back...sort of flattened (this is speculation, not knowledge)...it is the bladder that sits directly under the baby (explains why you need to pee every hour!).

For k pouchers, it is more difficult because of the position of the pouch on the abdominal wall. I was warned (in 1979) not to get pregnant because the pouch couldn't handle it...now we know that with some help (keeping the catheter in the pouch for the last months)  that it is doable.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Good luck to all who are trying and congratulations to those who have succeeded!

Sharon