Whoops!!!

Thanks.

Congrats on your pregnancy.  I hope you have a happy and healthy baby.

I understand what you're saying when you tell people 'be careful but if it happens it's not that bad,' but have to disagree with the way that comes off sounding.  Probably not how you meant it...but still...

YOU may not have malabsorption problems - and only have to worry about being able to eat enough in general...but the majority of people here - RNY and DS - DO have malabsorption problems and should worry about it.  Is it doable?  Yes...but it's also very bad for the mother and potentially for the baby.  Yes...the baby will get what they need before you get it..but if you're not getting enough...and run out of your own stores in your body...then what?  You AND the baby will not be getting what you need.  I personally know of someone on her who ended up with rickets - a disease that's almost unheard of in this day and age - because of her pregnancies.

Another long term important reason to WAIT to get pg so soon after surgery is that you only have a window of 12-18 months where the weight will easily come off...and after that, it's back to struggling with lose it...but if you're pregnant during that time, you can't be trying - though you might anyways - to lose weight because you're trying to feed your baby properly during this time.  It's so much better for your weight loss to just hold off until that window is closing and your body is in a better place.

I know (hope?) you don't mean to sound so 'la-ti-da' about the whole issue...and I do pray that your pregnancy is a happy story and that you have a healthy pregnancy and baby...but just wanted to point out that it CAN BE that bad for some people out there....and is strongly discouraged by drs for a reason.

I wish you and your baby well and that your pregnancy goes smoothly.  I do agree with the other poster and that it is very serious to be pregnant so early after any kind of surgery especially the types for weight loss, but I do hope you have a healthy pregnancy and just wanted to give a fellow Homestead, Floridian a shout out...I grew up there :-)

I wish you the best of luck. I'm 9 months out from VSG and almost at my goal weight when I found out I was pregnant after my IUD failed and I'm having a rough time with continued weight loss. The weight is still dropping off  pretty drastically no matter how much I try to eat. My OB is familiar with post-WLS pregnancies and isn't too concerned and I'm seeing a nutritionist but I still feel like this won't be easy.
I think it's pretty irresponsible of you to say "it's not that bad", you're only 12 wks and have a long way to go, things may change (hopefully not) and a VSG is NOT the same as a DS or RNY. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way it sounds, but there is a reason doctor's say to wait 18-24 months.

Goodluck!

Some of us that it happens to, it is that bad.

I was 9 months out from my DS, and my pregnancy has really messed up my vitamin levels.

I take 200,000 IU's of dry vitamin D-3 daily, and 4,000 MG of calcium. My D has CONTINUED to drop, even taking doses that high. It's a very, very scary thing.

My IUD migrated into my pelvis, otherwise I would have waited a full 18-24 months AND had my surgeon's approval before even attempting to have another baby.

Glad that your pregnancy is a healthy one, but not everyone that gets pregnant so early out is that lucky.

Congratulations and good luck with your pregnancy.

Remember that even though you don't have malabsorbtion, you can eat very little with a new surgery - this means that your body 99% more than likely is in Ketosis - you are losing weight right?  Hard to avoid after you've had WLS.  Ketosis is like dancing on a fire with a pregnancy - it can cause fetal brain damage.  Since you've known you were preggo from the get, I hope that you have been super efficient in getting complex carbs into your diet pronto.

Sorry your doctors should be concerned, YOU especially should be very concerned so that you can do all you can to ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby.  It is nothing to take so lightly - I just don't want other people thinking that.  It is not ideal to get pregnant early out.  Yes early post-ops can have a healthy baby, BUT it is a risk taking that shouldn't be taken on purpose.  Yes, I know you took precaution.  Some ladies have this plan of getting preggo early post-op and we should not encourage them.  These woman post on the pregnancy forum pre-op, throw in a few posts early post-op then bang, oops, can you believe I got pregnant using 2 methods of birth control?  I never could get pregnant before, this must be God's will.  I wanna say yeah, I know a long-term drug addict who had twins 2 summers ago - is that God's will?

Don't mean to come across so aggresively, but this is serious and other women need to know that.

God Bless You, your baby, and family.

Leila