Longgggg over due update ;) long post
on 5/1/14 8:35 am
Hi everyone! Hope you all are well! Sorry its been forever since I have logged in to update yall! I just currently turned 19 weeks today and we found out a couple of week ago that we are expecting our second little boy :) I have had a very easy pregnancy thus far, unlike my first pregnancy were I was soo ill the first 5 months. I had very slight morning sickness which was easily cured as soon as I ate.....which means I have gained....ALOT ;( The day I found out I was 144lbs but I usually ranged any where on a daily basis from 144-148. At my 8wk apt I was 150lbs and today at 19wks I am 164. My OB is going off my 150lb weigh in, NOT my starting #. He isn't too concerned only in that he is afraid that I will make another big baby (my son was born at 8.2lbs 21 1/4in at 38wks via C-section due to failure to progress) and since I am having another boy its already known boys are just bigger than girls, stature wise....at least in most cases. I am trying to a VBAC (vaginal birth after c section) which are sorta hard to come by where I am located, a lot of OBs just aren't on board. My OB is great at will let me try to VBAC if ALL goes well. BUT that means that baby must NOT be breech, I nor baby can't have any issues ie. preeclampsia AND I must go into labor +AND+ progress ON MY OWN. He will let me go to 41 wks to go into labor on my own. But knowing that I 1. have a history of a large baby 2. failure to progress 3. failure to go into labor on my own (I was INDUCED) He thinks that I probably will go to 40 weeks and thinks I could bake a 9lb baby which apparently doesn't stand a chance of passing vaginally. I have a sonogram on the 16th and they will measure the baby and ck on his growth, I can't wait. My son started measuring ahead at 20wks by 2wks and by the time I was 32 weeks he was measuring 6weeks ahead. Originally he said I should gain 25-35lbs but now says to try to keep it 25 to keep from making a 9-10lb baby.....well, shoot...I am more than half way there and I'm not yet officially 1/2 way there. I am trying to do MY best but its hard. I crave all carbs and salt :-/
Sorry this is soo long!!!!!! Again, hope all you mamas, bumps and babies are doing fantastic! Congrats to all the new babies and BFPs! Oh, just fyi there is a Pregnancy after WLS facebook page. It is closed NOT secret. But you can search for it and request to join. There are soo many women in the group and its super active.
Big hugs to you all!
I've had 2 VBACs since my sleeve surgery. My first baby(pre op) got stuck and after 3 hours of pushing I ended up with a c-section. She was only 6 lbs (at 41 weeks) and the doctor said my pelvis was just too small. I truly believed that it was more of a position issue than a problem with my body so I was not going to let them discourage me. My second baby was 6.5 lbs and my third was 7.5 lbs and both were born with just a few pushes. Obviously size isn't everything. Don't let the doctor scare you out of trying for a VBAC. The recovery was amazing and I'm so glad they both went so well. Good luck!
