Pregnancy after RNY Reversal?

 Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone has had a pregnancy after a RNY Reversal (takedown). I am only 20 years old and I am dying to know if anyone has. I want to be able to think that one day I will be able to get pregnant with a reversal. I saw a little boy when I was at my last hospital stay and he was like 2 and he couldnt' stop smiling at me, the whole time I was crying because I have this huge anxiety that I won't be able to have a safe pregnancy after a reversal. 

It looks like you just had surgery less than a month ago - why are you planning on having a reversal? Generally speaking, a reversal should put things essentially back to normal (pre-WLS), so, aside from maybe some scar tissue, you shouldn't have any issues. But I'm still curious as to why you're thinking reversal when you're so early out.

EDIT: Okay, I just read your profile. I'm sorry you've had such a tough time so far. I ended up dehydrated at about a month out from my surgery (the nurses were amazed that they put 2 full IV bags of fluid into me, and I still didn't even have to pee), so I know how sucky that is! But by about 2-3 months out, I was back to feeling like myself. For me, the keys were to keep drinking (even when not feeling thirsty) and to stay active (not, like, running on the treadmill, but at least wandering around a mall or walking my dog every day - no need to sweat or over-exert, just get the body moving a bit).

I hope the antidepressants help you. We all have those "oh, god, what have I DONE to myself?!" thoughts and moments; it just hits some of us harder than others. And the hormonal fluctuations brought on by the rapid weight loss sure don't help!

I thought I was only fat but otherwise healthy, too. Right up until I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the ripe old age of...25. I had WLS FOR my future children, not for myself. I wanted pregnancies that were conducive to healthy babies, which meant no morbid obesity and no type 2 diabetes! Not that it's impossible to have healthy babies with those conditions, but the risks are obviously higher. That's what got me through the tough times - remembering WHY I chose to do the surgery. And now that I'm about 25 weeks pregnant, I wouldn't dare change a thing!

Wow... i too just read ur profile.  I'm so sorry you're going through such a hard time.  And to answer your original question... YES you can have a safe pregnancy after a reversal... just as all of us can have healthy pregnancies after WLS in the first place.  It's just a little different when it comes to our nutrition.  Once you have your reversal and you are fully healed (like in your case give it a couple of years) then you can absolutely go on to have a very healthy pregnancy.  You might be considered "high risk pregnancy" but that's not a big deal.  You'll just need to figure out at that point what your nutrition levels are and your OB will walk you through all of it.

Don't worry... you can go on to have many babies in your future.  But for now, focus on getting yourself healthy again.

Thank you soooo sooo much! You don't know how much weight that just took off my shoulders! I'm already counting down the days that I don't have to be on bloodthinners. I literally am afraid to go back to school in the Spring (starting january) because I feel like I should constently be wearing a marshmellow costume. I've got tripped down two flight of stairs at school once... horrible experience. The crowded hallways, bumping into people and so on. It's like a death trap! But I have three months on that, then I have a few more months after that to finish up school. Then I plan on getting a reversal. I don't see much of a future if I have this. Everyone says my opinion will change. But I don't think everyone has gone through this. Just counting down the months. Praying that with school that it will fly by and my body can heal without anymore life threatening encounters.

So it looks like a good 6 mos until you have your reversal.  That is a long time with the complications that you are experiencing.  I would suggest definitely working with a psychiatrist to help you with the depression.  Once you are feeling better emotionally, you will be more equipped to deal with your physical situation. For some people, WLS is a walk in the park compared to your experience.  I personally had no complications and was able to drop 130 lbs in 13 months (plus another 20 pre-op.)  I am a bit older than you and did have a few comorbidities (high blood pressure, sleep apnea, extremely irregular menstrual cycles, pre-diabetic.) 

Anyway... sounds like 6 months until you can surgically change back.  So until then, you will need to find ways to make your current body work for you.  it's not easy... life after RNY is drastically different than life before RNY and that's without any complications.  I suggest that you find a bariatric professional that you trust (bariatric nurse, nutritionist, coach, whatever) that can help you move through these 6 months the best way that you can.  Feel free to PM me.  I'm personally a Bariatric Coach and I run several WLS Support Groups in my area.  I am not looking for new clients - so please do not take this post as a ploy to get you to be a client of mine.  I honestly want to make sure that you get the help and support that you need in a big way right now.

There definitely will be a psychologist and anti depressents with this. I am afraid of not waking up everyday since the surgery. Especially knowing that I have a pulmonary embolism in me. I just want to find a way to live the within the next 7 months. The original problem with the surgery is that I wasn't prepared for it. It seems like time moved slow while waiting for it, but then when it came it was only a matter of months. No therapy before hand, no diet, nothing. I was thrown into a surgery in all reality I never wanted! And I know now that for the rest of my life I will have reprucussions from this decision, BUT I know that I will have an outlook on life after the reversal. I made a mistake and I was too young to make this big of one.

Do you have a list of the different phases of post-op diets?  That's key right now for you.  If you do not, then please contact your bariatric surgeon and/or the nutritionist asap to get that.  Once you're out of the hospital, you'll need to follow those phase diet plans closely.  It will help you heal and get back into a healthy diet that will sustain you for these 6-7 months.

Another great resource is the Successful Habits of Weight Loss Surgery Patients that BSCI publishes.  They have a book as well as a 6 week online workshop.  I highly recommend that you at least order the book.  Here's the link:   https://www.bariatricsupportcenter.com/products.php?cat=35

Also, see if you can find a WLS support group in your area.  Most hospitals have support groups for WLS.  Even though you absolutely plan to reverse it, you need to find a healthy way to live with the way your body is now.

Good luck to you!  And please do keep in touch and let me know how everything is going.

 I do have nutrition phases. After I had been in the hospital last time, I was dropped back to full liquids, the only problem right now is that I can get clear liquids down with some nausea, but I cannot get any full liquids down without them coming back up! I'm soo angry too, I just spent more money on a prescription that I can't take because they have to be put into applesauce... applesauce won't go down.