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This one is bigger so far, I've gained 6 lbs over starting weight - but I also packed on an extra 10lbs pre-conception to help with the weight loss that would come with 2nd trimester... and am measuring more normal at this time around. I'm really hoping I can breastfeed this one!!
I'm surprised you can feed - considering that they say you need to consume 2000 calories a day to have milk production? how do you get that much in? I graze all day now on anything I want and am full allll the time. I cant eat candy bars & fast food, I would feel awful.
RNY 4/17/2009- 130 lbs lost! 
~Pregnant with 3rd girl! Due 10/8/14 and keeping right on track!~
~Baby Grace Fay was born 3/20/2011! 6 lbs, 18 inches and doing great! ~
I had my surgery July 26 2011 and married my husband July 26 2014 I reached my goal and lost more then I wanted then found happiness and got to a healthy 155lbs from 386 pounds I started at now I am going on 9 weeks pregnant and I am eating with no issues but now I am fearing am I stretching my VSG ..But I still cant over eat too much but I eat often I am gaining weight like I need to ....will I lose this weight oh sigh wish I could have all the answers but I have no one around here who has a VSG and no one on my pregnancy groups have had weight loss surgery so i turn back to you my friends of many many years please guide me ...a little panic but still happy ....and are the babies birth weights much of a concern ....
I thought the same thing! Next time I would be in the hospital would be to get some of this skin off. Don't panic. Everything will be fine. Stick to your program, get all your vitamins, protein and water in. Baby will be just fine. Add a prenatal to your vitamins and make an appointment with your OB. It's gonna be just fine! Congrats on your pregnancy.
So I know that I am suppose to wait until 18 months out to get pregnant and I didn't think I had anything to worry about because I wasn't suppose to be able to have anymore kids. Well took the test today to prove to my SO I wasn't moody and pregnant and to my surprise I am. I had sleeve surgery feb 18 and I think I'm about 5-6 weeks pregnant but I don't have normal cycles so I can't be sure. I'm worried I'm not going to get the nutrients I need and that it is going to cause harm to the fetus. It's still hard to eat more than two bites and drink enough throughout the day. I plan on making an appt with my surgeon ASAP but was wondering if anyone else has had a surprise like this so early after surgery. What did you do to make sure things went ok? I thought the next hospital trip I would make would be for plastics not for a birth.
i know, its true. its something i'm always telling my friends who are almost 35 and not even married. i'm like..tick tock. i'm 34 now and i know my window is closing. i have the rest of my life to get my **** together, only a small window to have children. something to think about.
hi nikki!!
congrats on the pregnancy! how exciting!!
well i've been having medical issues recently. fatigue, depression, moodswings, etc. it took me a while but after looking online it looks like i might have issues with my thyroid. i just got bloodwork done today and i go in for a follow up in 2 weeks. i fear it will be a long drawn out process and probably some kind of life long medication. :/ this medical scare has definitely scared the baby bug out of me. right now i'm having enough trouble functioning and doing my daily activities.
but i still have long term goals. still going to stay on track with eating right and try to exercise whenever i can which lately has been 1 or 2 times every 2 weeks. :/ and i still plan on getting a panniculectomy by next spring. thats still the plan. the baby stuff has been pushed off to the side. i'm not in a rush. but when its time, it will happen. if it happens before then, i will be ok. it will be a blessing for sure. but for now i have enough on my plate.
good luck with everything!!!
I have four children. The oldest just graduated college, and youngest is 13. We love kiddos at our house! We've had too much fun on this wild, wild ride - I wouldn't have missed it for the world!
IMHO, fertility only lasts a short time during our female lives, and it effects our long-term outcome many years down the road. Choose, don't settle. http://www.selfpower.com/cohen1.html
Hey Meli! It's been awhile ;)
i just found out I'm pregnant with my second and we weren't trying. It's crazy considering how much effort it took last time. I'm scared and excited! If everything goes as planned our kids will be 2.5 years apart which I always thought would be ideal. I gained a lot of weigh back and am nervous about that but there's not much I can do about it now! We have an ultrasound this Thursday to see the little bean. Good luck with whatever you decide ;)
Lapband 8/2007. Revised to VSG 10/2010.... 170 pounds lost!
haha omg i remember saying after the baby was born, this kind might be an only child because i could NEVER do that again!!!! i was so traumatized. lol. and the moms at the birthing center laughed and said, we'll see you back in a year. its so true. its like built in amnesia as a way to survive and continue the species.
I am interested in the answers to this as well. I breastfed my first son for a year but that was 10 years ago. This will be my first baby post op and I want to breastfeed too but I am worried about being able to make enough milk for baby.
