I'm a little late updating. My water starting leaking on Tuesday Feb. 12. I got admitted to the hosptial, but since I wasn't dilated or having contractions they agreed to let me wait on my doc to do the c-section the next morning. She wasn't on call and I had never laid eyes on the oncall doctor. Hannah Marie was born at 8:34 Feb 13th. She weighed 6 lbs 11 oz and was 19 inches long. She has a head full of blonde hair and blue eyes. So far everyone thinks she looks like me. She for sure has my frown. It is so funny to see the same little furrows on her head. It's like looking in a mirror. Hannah was stubborn and didn't want to be born yet. My doc said that was the most difficult section delivery she has had. Hannah kept wiggling away from her. Even the anesthelogist had to help push on my stomach so that the doc could get ahold of her. She used the vaccum to help pull her out, but all that did was leave a knot on her head. I had some pretty bad bleeding after the section and had to be sedated to be able to stand the pain of the nurses pushing on my stomach to remove the clots. I had a few shots and a suppository and finally the bleeding was under control. One of the nurses had mentioned a hysterectomy...which of course scared me to death! Hannah developed Jaundice from the knot on her head. She also lost down to 6 pounds and 1 oz. I'm breastfeeding, but we had to start supplementing with formula to help get rid of the jaundice. We did tube feedings, because I didn't want to confuse her with a bottle. Hannah is 2 weeks old today and we are both doing great. She is nursing like a champ and hopefully will get back to her birth weight before much longer. I've already lost what I gained during pregnancy (plus more!). I weighed 212.5 this morning. I'm hoping to make it to onederland before much longer! I have pictures on my profile if you would like to see my baby! Amy

Thanks for posting this for me! I hadn't had time to make it to this board too! Amy

Eggs and chicken can be tricky at times with a band after about 6 months I could no longer tolerate a scrambed egg or even an omelet ..only way I can eat eggs now is if boiled and chopped into a salad with cheese ,tomatoes ,etc and I can also eat deviled eggs they go down well.. every now and then chicken ,especially if it has a sweet sticky coating will upset my band and up it comes ..some things I can only have a bite or two of and some things can no longer tolerate and as crazy as it sounds ...some things suddenly do not agree with us 6 months or even a year later . If we get sick or have a cold ,many things will bother us that don't normally bother us and we have to introduce them back just a bite or two at a time We sure get finicky when we have a band...just like a skinny person.I remember watching a skinny person eating, pushing food all around their plates eating a bit of this and just a bite of that and leaving most on their plate ,not in them... later if desert was served, either they refused saying they were just stuffed, or they had just a sliver and left half of it too..while I practically locked my platters clean .I would look over at their 2/3 full plates and think "How can they resist eating all that delicious food?" HaHa..Ha. but it is all for the good.. that is just that much less we now eat.. On the other hand, if you are constantly throwing up and not feeling satisfied, not able to enjoy your food in reasonable amounts during your mealtime, then you may be overfilled. this would be unacceptable for me. I want to enjoy my food and enjoy my life and feel good, be healthy and eat healthy ,most of the time ..

Ouch! Hope that root canal went ok! You're for sure on mushies, and liquids! Come over for lunch, hon, and we can share my leftovers! ha

Thanks, hon, I really enjoyed my dinner, and have enough for lunch today, of course. I thought of you, when I was eating my greek salad, not sure why! ha