Pregnancy after WLS

I just want to know if any of you that have PCOS were able to get pregnant with out fertility drugs after you had WLS.  I have one son who is six but I had to take fertility drugs with him.  Just curious.

I know of several ladies who were able to conceive after WLS without help from fertility drugs.

I was told that I had PCOS and that I would be unable to conceive due to my weight - which was 304 lbs at the time.  After WLS Sept 2005, I lost 120 lbs and suddenly discovered that I was pregnant!  We weren't even trying!  My son was 15 yrs old at the time and I wasn't looking to get pregnant.  I'm glad that I was able to and have since gotten pregnant AGAIN!  I now have a 17 yr old son, 22 mth old son and 7 mth old son!  I'm  DONE!!  I got the Mirena!  I couldn't bear the thought of finally being able to conceive and the doctors wanting to tie my tubes!  Unfortunately, the Mirena (I've read) causes some people to gain weight.  I had no other options though.  I can tell you that I've lost my baby weight and gained other weight since May.  I'm back up to my pregnancy weight already since July when I had the device "installed".  I've been down the road with having to take the fertility drugs and wondering every month if we were pregnant yet.  I remember during my WLS conference, the surgeon got up there and started telling us to be careful, b/c we could definitely get pregnant.  I thought to myself, "What does he know?  I have PCOS!  I've tried for 7 years and it isn't going to suddenly happen for us now!"  Well, He KNEW!  haha  The babies are my husband's first babies and he is thrilled!  I'm a little overwhelmed raising a teen, toddler and infant!  Keeping my fingers crossed in the new year that I'll be able to lose the new weight again!  I don't want to remove the Mirena b/c my only other option is tubal ligation.  Hope I've been a little helpful!

Have you thought about suggesting your husband get a vascetomy? Also, if he isn't up for that they do have an IUD that doesn't have any hormones in it! It is a longer term one (10 years). The IUD has copper in it which somehow kills the sperm. I can't remember all the details of that IUD but you should aks your GYN i bet she could give you the 411!

That's interesting!  I haven't heard of this device.  There was one (can't recall the name) that the OB said she didn't care too much for.  It might have been that one, but I have to ask.  I doubt VERY seriously that my husband would be interested in a vasectomy!  I can't get him to get bloodwork done!  He owes the doc a few vials of blood!  haha 

I used it years ago..it was called the copper T

I am currently post op 8 days on my lap band and we've been trying to conceive for 8 years since our son was born. Due to my PCOS, of course, nada. Now that the possibility is here that we may be able to down the road, I'm not sure if we should. You give me hope though, having another with a 17 yr old. I keep thinking if we wait too long, it will be too late for the kids to enjoy each other. My son has wanted a brother or sister for so long and we have too! Do you find that the age difference helps because the older son helps out. Do you think they'll be close later in life?

Here is what I know - My son that is 17 yrs old LOVES my 22 mth old son!  My 22 mth old son LOVES him AND the 7 mth old son!  I can tell that my oldest feels left out sometimes when he wants to have me drive him and his friends somewhere - then realizes that I can't b/c I have 2 car seats in the vehicle and have to take the babies everywhere I go!  When he tries to sleep and one of them is sick, he hates to be woken up!  His main goal - aggravate them!  They love it, though!  It's attention! 

I talked to my walmart checker the other day and she told me that when her one son was 16 yrs old, she had another child.  One is now 37 yrs old and the other 20 yrs old and they get along better now than back then!  There's hope!  My oldest seems more like....an uncle to the boys!  He helps watch the babies sometimes and will feed t hem, but draws the line at diaper changes!  He likes to plead ignorance!  He refuses to be shown how to do it!  haha  My husband is 46 years old and I'll be 36 in a few months.  I worry about our ages.  My oldest has a different dad and we have made arrangements for my brother-in-law to raise our babies if anything ever happened to us.  BUT - as time goes on and my oldest gains life experience, I may change custody to him.  I tell him to stay in touch with his brothers!  Family is very important.  Yes, I worry about everything!  haha 

My husband isn't taking good care of himself with his choices in food and lack of exercise.  He is slowly gaining a lot of weight around his middle (around the heart).  I don't like to pick on him, b/c I had the RNY and it's not for him.  I just try to sneak healthier snacks into the house to replace the fattening ones.  I try to change the menu a little to be healthier. 

Ok - enough about all of that stuff.  I was told after my RNY to wait 1.5 years to get pregnant.  I thought - yea right!  I'll never get pregnant - I did - twice!  NO protection!  I was stupid and thought I just wasn't going to get pregnant!  Well, I would say I was about 8 months post-surgery and I was down 100 pounds......WHAM!  I never believed my doctors blaming my weight for PCOS, exhaustion, back pain, infertility, runny nose (haha).  NOW I believe!  I feel 110% better than I did!  It's odd to suddenly feel my bones!  I'm not as padded as I used to  be!  Life is very different now.  Now, I'm almost 36 and my OB had a tough decision to make during my delivery.  HOW to cut me?  I had delivered Csection  before and now there is loose skin to inhibit the healing process of the next csection.  I was worried!  It turned out ok, but now I have parallel railroad tracks!  haha  I lucked out with the new baby - cut in the same place as the other one.  The skin was my only worry about the entire pregnancy.  It wasn't that bad though.  Gaining weight was tough for me.  Well, it isn't now and I'm trying to lose it again.  I'm just glad that God smiled down on us and enabled my husband to be a daddy and my oldest to be a brother!  It can be stressful - I'm raising an infant, toddler, teen, my husband AND my dad! 

Hi Brandi B.
I can tell you that me and my sister are 15 years apart. At first we didn't have much to do with each other because we were raised as ONLY CHILDREN, so she was out of the house by the time I was 3 so I never recalled her staying in our home, but as I got into my early teens and started driving I would come over to her house alot and spend time with her, I had to really get to know her. Now since I am in my 30's we are very close. We are there for each other, she always tells me our mother gave her the best gift and that gift is ME. (our mom is deceased),

I can only speak for myself but my sis and I became closer later in life. And we are very happy that we have the sisterly bond that was missing from earlier in our lives.

I have PCOS too and I am wanting to do the lapband because it's less invasive and I probably will be able to become pregnant easier, of course after a year and a half wait. Take Care ...

I have a friend at work who got pregnant without drugs after the surgery (yes she had PCOS before surgery). Actually it was a big surprise to her. It gives me hope. One of the main reasons I had WLS is so that my hubby and I can have kids.