over 40 pregnant after wls?
I am in the waiting phase for WLS and still want to have a baby afterward. I turned 40 two months ago, and am wondering if there are any older women who have conceived after WLS? I know that you are supposed to wait a year after, but I do not have all the time in the world. I only have one good tube, and we have been trying for 5 yrs for another baby.
Yep...I've been pregnant 4x after turning 40. I'll be 42 in March. I've had four miscarriages - not related to the WLS - and am now drugged to the hilt to see if I can get and stay pg. I'd say go ahead w/the surgery...stick to the eating recommendations religiously, exercise religiously, etc...to loose as much weight as you can during the first year, then talk to your dr about going ahead and starting TTC after 12 months. Even though under normal conditions they say to wait 18-24 months...I understand (and I think the drs would also understand) about the screaming biological clock.
That said...I don't know what steps you'd have to go through to get approved for the WLS. I've read a lot of stories of women on here (on the main board) who have had to spend a year or more just trying to get approved for the surgery. I was living in Belgium at the time I had mine 3+ years ago and I saw the dr in early June, had the surgery the first week of July. I'm now in Indonesia en route to Bulgaria next month. I think if you're going to have to spend a year trying to get approved/scheduled for the surgery, followed by another year waiting until you can TTC, you'd still be able to have a baby...but you'd be pushing it re the age.
Prepare yourself to hear a hundred times from every dr - usually every time you see the same said dr - that 'well...you ARE over 40.' Just tell them you don't want to hear the bull ****you're more than aware of your age and there's not a thing you can do about it. I read somewhere (and it made perfect sense to me) that part of the reason (not the only reason) that the statistics show less women over 40 having a baby is that there are a significantly lower number of women over 40 even TRYING to get pregnant...thus a lower number of them doing it. Yes, the quality and quantity of your eggs reduces as you get older...but they don't just shut down at 40.
Good luck on whatever you decide...and feel free to pm me if you want to talk or have specific questions.
That said...I don't know what steps you'd have to go through to get approved for the WLS. I've read a lot of stories of women on here (on the main board) who have had to spend a year or more just trying to get approved for the surgery. I was living in Belgium at the time I had mine 3+ years ago and I saw the dr in early June, had the surgery the first week of July. I'm now in Indonesia en route to Bulgaria next month. I think if you're going to have to spend a year trying to get approved/scheduled for the surgery, followed by another year waiting until you can TTC, you'd still be able to have a baby...but you'd be pushing it re the age.
Prepare yourself to hear a hundred times from every dr - usually every time you see the same said dr - that 'well...you ARE over 40.' Just tell them you don't want to hear the bull ****you're more than aware of your age and there's not a thing you can do about it. I read somewhere (and it made perfect sense to me) that part of the reason (not the only reason) that the statistics show less women over 40 having a baby is that there are a significantly lower number of women over 40 even TRYING to get pregnant...thus a lower number of them doing it. Yes, the quality and quantity of your eggs reduces as you get older...but they don't just shut down at 40.
Good luck on whatever you decide...and feel free to pm me if you want to talk or have specific questions.
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