Please no judements..TTC 4 months post op...
My surgeon's office have had several VSG patients to have very successful pregnancy even earlier than 3 months post op. The baby is going to take what it needs first. In his practice, it has been shown that at 3 months out, we can get enough nutrients to support a healthy pregnancy. I am already a high risk pregnancy due to having a double uterus on top of PCOS. Both my surgeon and OBGYN are behind me 100%!
Yes the baby takes what it needs.
From your bones, your heart, your brain. If it doesn't have the proper nutrition, it will take what it needs you are right. But what will be left in the end when mommy is having seizures daily, or is bed ridden from chronic pain?
That is a fear that I deal with daily and for people that INTENTIONALLY seek this out it really makes me sick, to be quite honest with you.
From your bones, your heart, your brain. If it doesn't have the proper nutrition, it will take what it needs you are right. But what will be left in the end when mommy is having seizures daily, or is bed ridden from chronic pain?
That is a fear that I deal with daily and for people that INTENTIONALLY seek this out it really makes me sick, to be quite honest with you.
~*Crystal*~
HW-327/SW-313/CW-271/Doc's Goal:150 ......Awaiting Revision to DS
Post RNY baby born 6 weeks early, Jaelyn Mary Christine May 9th, 2011 
On January 18, 2011 at 11:02 AM Pacific Time, Modest Vixen wrote:
Yes the baby takes what it needs.From your bones, your heart, your brain. If it doesn't have the proper nutrition, it will take what it needs you are right. But what will be left in the end when mommy is having seizures daily, or is bed ridden from chronic pain?
That is a fear that I deal with daily and for people that INTENTIONALLY seek this out it really makes me sick, to be quite honest with you.
On January 18, 2011 at 10:59 AM Pacific Time, ashwarren wrote: My surgeon's office have had several VSG patients to have very successful pregnancy even earlier than 3 months post op. The baby is going to take what it needs first. In his practice, it has been shown that at 3 months out, we can get enough nutrients to support a healthy pregnancy. I am already a high risk pregnancy due to having a double uterus on top of PCOS. Both my surgeon and OBGYN are behind me 100%!
Maybe, but the OP had RNY surgery, not what you had. RNY is much more harsh on the body. In most cases people lose weight rapidly (like 100lbs in 6 months in some cases) leaving their vitamin levels in the toilet. Add that bodily stress to the fact that an RNY patient will forever malabsorb half their vitamins and absolutley NO calcium or B-12 without getting special supplements. Add that to morning sickness, "forgetting" to take your vites, and the fact that your new stomach is now the size of an egg instead of a soda bottle. All this can potentially be a recipe for disaster. In my surgeons office the patients are advised to seek hi-risk prenatal care anytime after RNY, whether they are a 6 months out or 10 years out. The safest thing to do for everyone involved is get as close as possible to your goal weight, get your vitamin levels checked (for an RNY patient a full panel is like 18 tubes of blood) and then start TTC once you know for a fact that you are not deficiant in anything.
Maybe, but the OP had RNY surgery, not what you had. RNY is much more harsh on the body. In most cases people lose weight rapidly (like 100lbs in 6 months in some cases) leaving their vitamin levels in the toilet. Add that bodily stress to the fact that an RNY patient will forever malabsorb half their vitamins and absolutley NO calcium or B-12 without getting special supplements. Add that to morning sickness, "forgetting" to take your vites, and the fact that your new stomach is now the size of an egg instead of a soda bottle. All this can potentially be a recipe for disaster. In my surgeons office the patients are advised to seek hi-risk prenatal care anytime after RNY, whether they are a 6 months out or 10 years out. The safest thing to do for everyone involved is get as close as possible to your goal weight, get your vitamin levels checked (for an RNY patient a full panel is like 18 tubes of blood) and then start TTC once you know for a fact that you are not deficiant in anything.
M/C 10/18/10 9w2d...forever loved
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From your Surgeon's Office with the early post ops:
How many miscarriages occurred from the woman conceiving before stabilizing?
How many children have been born with birth-defects (preventable ones) in his practice?
There is no reason even with infertility that you should try before your body is ready.
In fact, your PCOS symptoms will probably be nonexistent in a few more months and you may not need assistance to achieve your dream.
This is coming from a woman how has PCOS, still early out from surgery and just can not wait for the day we can actively try to conceive another child. However, I want to know all the facts; not just the stuff I want to hear! I believe you are living in a baby haze right now. For the sake of the little one become well educated and wait!
Shalom
Cheri
From your Surgeon's Office with the early post ops:
How many miscarriages occurred from the woman conceiving before stabilizing?
How many children have been born with birth-defects (preventable ones) in his practice?
There is no reason even with infertility that you should try before your body is ready.
In fact, your PCOS symptoms will probably be nonexistent in a few more months and you may not need assistance to achieve your dream.
This is coming from a woman how has PCOS, still early out from surgery and just can not wait for the day we can actively try to conceive another child. However, I want to know all the facts; not just the stuff I want to hear! I believe you are living in a baby haze right now. For the sake of the little one become well educated and wait!
Shalom
Cheri"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whew! Well after reading this thread, I'm kinda scared to post but here goes. I'm the story you WANT to hear........ but I'm not going to tell you what you WANT to be told!
I'm the proud and thrilled momma to a 4 month old little princess from Heaven. Here's my story: The day before my 41st birthday (April 17/09) I had RNY. Having the surgery to help my PCOS and infertility was only part of 'why'. It was MORE important to me that I live a long and healthy life for my then 4 yo son. However, I was hoping and praying that God would bless us with another child after surgery. My cycles quickly returned to what could be considered 'normal' in July/August. At my 6 month check-up in Nov./09, I asked my surgeon if he thought that we could go ahead and TTC. He said, "Ok." In hindsight, I don't think he or any of us thought that it would happen anytime soon.
Because of the many years that I've struggled with IF, I went ahead and made an appointment with my RE knowing that it would take a while to get in to see him. That appointment was scheduled for Jan./10. The day after Christmas, thinking that I *might* be pregnant, I got my first BFP. I was due Sept./10. (For anyone killing themselves to do the math, I was 9 months post-op.)
My RE appointment got changed to a viability US. At that US, the dr. didn't like something he saw...... still not sure what but I spent the next 2 weeks praying and hoping that our little jelly bean would turn into a gummy bear. LONGEST two weeks of my LIFE! Needless to say, she did and she's here today and seemingly perfect.
ALL of that being said, I will say this: I think it's foolish and many, many other things for you to even consider getting pg this soon out at the age that you are. I was blessed and had a virtually problem free pregnancy but as many, many others have already shared, it doesn't often happen that way. I was constantly seeing one dr or another and a nutrionist to beat plus having blood-draws on a monthly basis to make sure none of my levels tanked. Being pregnant was HARD work between all the appointments and making sure that I kept my intake up.
I can PROMISE you that if my age was not such a factor in my fertility that I would have waited until I was at LEAST 1 year post-op and possibly even longer. I wish I had gotten to my goal weight before I got pg. Now, I'm not sure if I'll ever get there. I'm still 40 lbs away from goal and haven't really dropped much since shortly after Georgia was born. At this point, I can't be concerned with weight-loss. I have to concentrate on eating enough to keep myself out of ketosis and able to produce the milk she needs.
You said in your original post that you want as many children as God will bless you with. God talks in the Bible a LOT about being wise. Matter of fact, the book of Proverbs is almost entirely devoted to talking about wisdom.
Pro. 2:6 says, "For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding."
Pro. 3:13 says, "Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,"
I believe that you came here seeking wisdom. Please don't spurn it away even though this thread has taken a turn for the ugly. You have plenty of time to TTC after you've passed the year post-op mark. Don't allow fear to cause you to make a foolish decision for the future of yourself or your child.
If you have any other questions and would like to discuss this off the board, you may feel free to contact me. I hope sharing this will help and I'm sorry it's so long.
I'm the proud and thrilled momma to a 4 month old little princess from Heaven. Here's my story: The day before my 41st birthday (April 17/09) I had RNY. Having the surgery to help my PCOS and infertility was only part of 'why'. It was MORE important to me that I live a long and healthy life for my then 4 yo son. However, I was hoping and praying that God would bless us with another child after surgery. My cycles quickly returned to what could be considered 'normal' in July/August. At my 6 month check-up in Nov./09, I asked my surgeon if he thought that we could go ahead and TTC. He said, "Ok." In hindsight, I don't think he or any of us thought that it would happen anytime soon.
Because of the many years that I've struggled with IF, I went ahead and made an appointment with my RE knowing that it would take a while to get in to see him. That appointment was scheduled for Jan./10. The day after Christmas, thinking that I *might* be pregnant, I got my first BFP. I was due Sept./10. (For anyone killing themselves to do the math, I was 9 months post-op.)
My RE appointment got changed to a viability US. At that US, the dr. didn't like something he saw...... still not sure what but I spent the next 2 weeks praying and hoping that our little jelly bean would turn into a gummy bear. LONGEST two weeks of my LIFE! Needless to say, she did and she's here today and seemingly perfect.
ALL of that being said, I will say this: I think it's foolish and many, many other things for you to even consider getting pg this soon out at the age that you are. I was blessed and had a virtually problem free pregnancy but as many, many others have already shared, it doesn't often happen that way. I was constantly seeing one dr or another and a nutrionist to beat plus having blood-draws on a monthly basis to make sure none of my levels tanked. Being pregnant was HARD work between all the appointments and making sure that I kept my intake up.
I can PROMISE you that if my age was not such a factor in my fertility that I would have waited until I was at LEAST 1 year post-op and possibly even longer. I wish I had gotten to my goal weight before I got pg. Now, I'm not sure if I'll ever get there. I'm still 40 lbs away from goal and haven't really dropped much since shortly after Georgia was born. At this point, I can't be concerned with weight-loss. I have to concentrate on eating enough to keep myself out of ketosis and able to produce the milk she needs.
You said in your original post that you want as many children as God will bless you with. God talks in the Bible a LOT about being wise. Matter of fact, the book of Proverbs is almost entirely devoted to talking about wisdom.
Pro. 2:6 says, "For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding."
Pro. 3:13 says, "Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,"
I believe that you came here seeking wisdom. Please don't spurn it away even though this thread has taken a turn for the ugly. You have plenty of time to TTC after you've passed the year post-op mark. Don't allow fear to cause you to make a foolish decision for the future of yourself or your child.
If you have any other questions and would like to discuss this off the board, you may feel free to contact me. I hope sharing this will help and I'm sorry it's so long.
I have to say...I am nearly 5 years out from RNY and I am having a lot of complications with this pregnancy. Not everyone has the issues I've been having, but some do. For the past 2 weeks I have been getting fluids every other day. It's rough on me and the baby. The baby is doing well so far, but I struggle. The baby is taking everything from me. I would really recommend waiting. Part of the fun for me is actually being able to see my cute little bump!! I never would have been able to beforehand! I can't imagine trying to conceive just months after RNY. I felt no where well enough to do a lot of things...let alone try for a baby. Hopefully you realize it's better to wait.
34 isn't old. The PCOS will probably resolve itself. Let your body heal awhile longer (and lose more weight and le****ch your cycles become even more regular). Give it 6-9 months, then try again. No rush. Your body needs to recover, don't take the chance, it is just a little bit of time. 8 months will pass in a flash.
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