Delima - please help!

Ok, here is my situation...we all know that the surgeons want us to wait around 18 months post op before we get pregnant. Not a problem for me...I have waited almost 8 years...I can do another 18 months standing on my head. My delima is this...I don't want to get pregnant right after surgery...but I don't want to go on the pill either because I want to see if my cycle returns on its own post op. Right now I have NO cycle at all unless I take Provera...and (TMI warning) even then I am lucky to spot enough for pantyliner. I can't do condoms...any suggestions? Kristy

well, This is kinda embarrsing but what about "pull out". I know that is not the safest way but we have trouble concieving anyway so I dont see the danger. I too dont want extra weight gain from the pill and condoms are very uncomforatable.

Kristy, Just be careful, i had a fairly big weight loss a couple years back and i got pregnant while on the pill, you can become VERY fertile .... pulling out may not be the most reliable option since it only takes one of those little buggers to make a baby ! My dr suggested either the Depo shot (although it has been known to actually cause a lot of weight gain ~I know this first hand) or the patch. I hear a lot of god things about the patch and that will be my chosen method after WLS. ask your dr which may work best for you. Good luck! ~Lori

I went back on the pill. I didn't notice any problems with weight gain. We were extra extra careful so i never skiped a pill and we used condoms. my surgery was in July, i started the pill in Aug and I quit taking the pill in Feb. My cycle has been regular for 3 months now without the pill. Right now we are using condoms so we could see what would happen with my cycle. The docs all ways told me "if you would drop some weight then your cycle will regulate". I didn't know how much weight they were talking about so I took the pill until I was down over 80lbs. Now I am going to see how my body does on its own.