I’ve had a while to contemplate what’s going on, but I never did, of course, til I thought I was dying. I remembered why I HAD? to have my hip replaced in the 1st place…in hindsight, it seems ludicrous & completely unnecessary now. I had my motorcycle & broke my femur…was in the hospital in traction for a month, (as a teen, it was a lifetime), so 30 some odd yrs later, when I was pregnant w/ my 2nd, I had hip pain…to the point I couldn’t walk on it much. That’s when I went to Dr. To be honest, I don’t know that I went straight to an orthopedist or was referred. I guess it’s moot now. So, Ortho said I had AVN (avascular necrosis). He scheduled surgery 6 wks post c-section. I obviously assumed he knew more than me…which at the time, he did? Cut to the chase..I’m not sure a little necrotic bone requires such a MAJOR surgery! I guess everybody has 20/20 hindsight. I think if I’d waited til I lost the pregnancy weight, I’d probably not even needed the hip replacement