Double Pregnancies and NO WEIGHT LOSS!

Hello Everyone... In 2002 at age 21, I had WLS. I had RNY lap and healed fantastically. I work law enforcement and went back to work on light duty two weeks following my surgery..the first six months though, You know, I never really lost a TON of weight. I started at 240 lbs and honestly got down to about 200 ... After six months, I got pregnant. Even though I was on the DepoProvera shot, I became pregnant. Pregnancy was pretty hard on my body and I ended up leaving work three months pregnant and sitting in bed with a constant IV and having to eat every couple hours to not only keep my weight up, BUT TO GAIN WEIGHT!! You can imagine this was a nightmare but the baby was PERFECT..!! After pregnancy I weighed about 195... Ten more months went by and I immediately started using a different birthcontrol. The patch and Nova ring... BUT I GOT PREGNANT AGAIN...apparently, the WLS had confused my body and I was no longer reacting correctly to the birthcontrol... Again had to get on IV and eat and eat and eat... I ended that pregnancy at about 218 and growing. At that time I could practically eat a six inch sub sandwich and a bag of pretzels...MY STOMACH STRETCHED OUT or something!! Well, I got my tubes tied ..it was a difficult decision but I know I'm done having kids. My doctor hardly let me do it since I was only 24... BUT NOW I"M STUCK!!!! I'm in the same boat NOW that I was then, before the first surgery!!! My weight today, after one year of NO PREGNANCY is 230... ugh ugh To top it off, my family and I are so active... We participate in the Adult Baseball program and soccer and go bikeriding and swim all summer in our pool... ugh ugh ugh ugh I see my doc on Aug 15 and since the first go around was so smooth as far as the WLS was concerned I want to plead and beg him for a revision... CAN ANYONE RELATE??

Shannon, I feel your pain. I have 10 month old twins and I lost down to about 194 pounds after my babies were born. (I got pregnant 6 months after surgery) Well now I weigh about 210lbs. For about the past 3 months I've had an insatiable craving for WINTERGREEN LIFESAVERS. I eat about 2.5 of the 13 oz bags a day. It seem as though my body has built a tolerance for sugar. No kidding! And I have gained about 16 pounds. I feel helpless and really horrible and I don't know what to do. Of course, the sensible thing would be to just STOP eating them, but it's not that easy. I feel about as lost as you and I am really REALLY depressed and lifesavers are the only thing that soothes me. If you come up with a solution let me know.

I know how u feel. I was 7 months out..I started at 240..lost down to 170 or so..gained back to 205..and my little girl is about to be a year old..i weigh 195 now. I had to work my butt off in the gym to get where i was at before. Maybe that is what i need to do again..but having kids..the time just isnt there. I feel your pain.

I had RNY in July, 2002. I was 349, got down to 213 which I was happy with as I am 6 feet tall. I got married, started trying to conceive, took fertility drugs and gained some weight, got pregnant and gained 25 pounds with the pregnancy. My daughter is 5 months old and I am now 50 pounds more than my lowest. I don't even know how to begin researching doing a revision. Even if it is possible. I can eat anything and the dumping is not so severe that it keeps from eating sweets. I could eat anything while pregnant and ate alot. I think that stretched my pouch out. I am seeing my primary dr. tomorrow to see if I can at least get a referral to a surgeon in my area. I moved to the other side of the country 1 year after my surgery. so my follow up has been poor. I feel like such a failure. I know that I have a long way to go to gain it all back, but don't even want to get any closer to that number ever again. I want to have another child, so maybe I should wait with trying to have a revision. Enough of my ranting. I just wanted you to know you are not alone.