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Hello Fellow WLS's,

I am three weeks  away from surgery and I am having second thoughts.  I am schedule for the lap-band, but  thinking about the vertical sleeve.  I chose the lap- band because of the flexibility with it.  In a year or two, I plan on having another child that I will have to carry.  I want to make sure that my baby with have all the nutrients that he or she can have when I am pregnant. I have seen the post for and against lap-band/vsg, both carry risk; What would you get?  My insurance doesn't care...I jumped through hoops to get approval!!!!!!!!


Twisting  Over My Decision,

Uptwist

Since there is no nutrient malabsorption with the sleeve, I don't see why pregnancy would be a problem. Why don't you post a question about it on the VSG and pregnancy forums?

Jean

Personally, I love my band and it was absolutely the right decision for me.

However, if I were as young as you (not sure what that is, but if you are working on getting pregnant, you are younger than me!! ) -- and if I had insurance that would pay for WLS, I would get the VSG over a band -- hands down.

While I hope to live out the remainder of my life with this band inside of me (I am 53 years old), the odds are that at some point, I may need a replacement or removal.

I think that you can have a healthy pregnancy after any type of WLS if you are committed to doing it and working closely with both your bariatric team and your obstetrical team.

Post on the Pregnancy after WLS board --- and best of luck

I don't know what to tell you except that I think people have fluid removed from the band when they get pregnant. That way you can eat all the nutrition the fetus needs. Best wishes.