Enough fluids/calories after surgery to breastfeed???
Plastics were much more painful then WLS though. Good luck!
Don't have babies so I haven't BF.
You should talk to some VSGers and ask how it was their first couple of weeks. I think they can drink and eat very, very little.
When I was banded it was 1 weeks clear, 1 week full liquids, 2 weeks mushies. That first week I remember that I couldn't even get in all of my liquids and etc. Intaking was a very slow go for me. I too probably was scared straight. I wanted my stomach to heal with my band in the right place. God knows what all the extra stomach churning does when you eat too early out. I didn't want to take that chance.
Now with a VSG you'd want your sutures to heal just right wouldn't you. In the long term your health is more important to your baby. How would you take care of him/her otherwise? Your body is definately going to lack essentials or eventually deplete from a new surgery and breast feeding. FYI, A revision is just like getting re-banded.
Can you store some milk?
Good Luck,
Leila
Yeah, I hear the swelling from the sleeve is even more than the band; I guess because the stomach size is so small plus all the sutures. I healed very well from my band and was okay getting in my liquids as required then, but wasn't breastfeeding at the time. I figure that if I can't get in enough to produce the milk, then I'll just wean her off. She already gets a bottle of formula a day (for the vitamin D in it) so I know she's not allergic and does fine on it. And yep, I want my sutures to heal right and I want the best for both me and my girl. I'll of course talk to the surgeon and anesthesiologist the day of surgery so everyone knows what's going on. I'm taking my pump with me so I can pump if necessary. The lactation consultant said I may not even feel like nursing right away anyhow.
I don't know if with your slip you are unfilled and "wide open" or if your slip makes you tight. If you are open, maybe load up on very nutritional foods and supplements. Maybe that could take you through the first couple of weeks with BF. I hope so, it feels so sad to have to consider weaning your baby when you both are not ready.
Well probably the best advice is to get all the info you can and then just let go and play it by ear. Stress never makes anything better.
When is your revision?