Major Bloating - Help!
Hey everyone,
Just wondering if anyone has experienced this. I'm 6 months out from RNY and found out that I'm like 6-7 weeks pregnant. For the last two weeks I have had the worse feeling in my stomach like a really full and bloated feeling. My stomach even looks bloated! Is this normal with RNY patients or is there something wrong?
Just wondering if anyone has experienced this. I'm 6 months out from RNY and found out that I'm like 6-7 weeks pregnant. For the last two weeks I have had the worse feeling in my stomach like a really full and bloated feeling. My stomach even looks bloated! Is this normal with RNY patients or is there something wrong?
I didn't have any bloating with my son almost 9 years ago. But the second I became pregnant after WLS I was bloated and I have been bloated ever since....I am almost 18 weeks now. It is MISERABLE to say the least. I live off gas-x chewables. I have done trial and error on different foods....it is everything. Water makes me bloated. I literally look 9 months pregnant with twins at times, it is so painful. I finally got in to see my surgeons nurse and she agreed with what my OBGYN told me. When we are pregnant there is a particular horomone that tends to slow down digestion...which is normal pregnant women is a good thing....in RNY patients who have re-routed insides it CAN cause extreme bloating, pain, gas, bleching, the whole 9 yards.
I can testify that I have dealt with this everyday. I went back through my blog postings....and literally 4 weeks before I knew I was pregnant I was posting about being bloated....and I have stayed the same way.
I have found that eating smaller meals more frequently helps. Staying away from carbs helps but nothing makes it go away and nothing keeps it from happening. Foods that I do best with are:
cottage cheese, yogurt (I have started doing activia with fruit), oatmeal, shrimp, other lean meats, eggs, and strangly enough cheese and crackers. I could live off cheese and crackers LOL.
I wish you the best, know that you are NOT alone! I hope it gets better and congrats on your pregnancy.
I can testify that I have dealt with this everyday. I went back through my blog postings....and literally 4 weeks before I knew I was pregnant I was posting about being bloated....and I have stayed the same way.
I have found that eating smaller meals more frequently helps. Staying away from carbs helps but nothing makes it go away and nothing keeps it from happening. Foods that I do best with are:
cottage cheese, yogurt (I have started doing activia with fruit), oatmeal, shrimp, other lean meats, eggs, and strangly enough cheese and crackers. I could live off cheese and crackers LOL.
I wish you the best, know that you are NOT alone! I hope it gets better and congrats on your pregnancy.