BC and surgery

Ok so im trying to get my ducks in the same area and I have a question. Im waiting for the referal to go through from my family doctor to start the process of WLS. Im planning on having another child after I have the surgery, but am I also right and that I saw somewhere in my research that I need to stop my current BC before surgery?

You ABSOLUTELY must stay on BC after having surgery. Fertility goes waaaaaay up with weight loss, and it's very important-- for both you and a potential baby-- that you don't get pregnant until at least a year after having surgery. Some doctors insist that you use two forms of BC if you're not 100% consistent with your main type.

I had a Mirena IUD placed several years before having surgery and my surgeon recommends his patients get something like an IUD or implant because of their success rates. I had it removed a year after surgery and got pregnant right away, and had another one placed after I gave birth.

Ok well im currently on the patch and have been since having my daughter in July of 2016. So noted to stay on it, but i stillswear I read somewhere that for the time that im actually going in for surgery that i dont have the birth control....maybe I miss read. Thanks for your advice!

I think this only applies to taking birth control orally - due to malabsorption.

I briefly switched from pill to patch (but it said not effective if you are over 198lbs, so I switched to IUD - now I am using the patch because I am 175 and hated my IUD)