I’ve had kidney stones and gallstones. (Yeah. I’m like a freakin’ quarry!) If childbirth hurt as bad, EVERYONE would be an only child.
When you get one, morphine is your best and only friend!
I had a gall stone which in turn cause a massive pancreas infection. Which in turn screwed up my liver and kidneys and then my heart. Then I got pneumonia and respiratory failure.
They took my gall bladder but said I can still get gall stones for a repeat performance.
So drinking lots of water isn’t so bad.