My Husband Got Approved! And an update on me (& baby).
We will be busy the next few months.
My husband got approved for his surgery - we have the 6m BCBS process, and he actually started his journey back in 2011 and backed out before...so this has been a long time coming. He started thinking RNY (type 2 diabetic) but is leaning more towards VSG now. We will discuss with the surgeon next week and he will make a final choice. He will also likely have an umbilical hernia repaired too.
We are hoping he will have surgery by mid-March as I am 31w pregnant and we don't want him to still be in total recovery mode while I need him to help me in labor and he will need to parent the 3 & 4.5 year olds too.
My update: I am 31weeks pregnant (and nearly 1 year post VSG myself). So far the pregnancy has been "normal". Things are so much easier pregnant in the 230s vs. in the 350+ range. I do have some horrible varicose veins this time that I will have to see a vein doc about post-baby (already wearing prescription compression hose for it). It is looking like this will be another big baby as I am measuring ahead like I did with #1 and #2. My daughter was 9 and my son was an 11 pounder (vaginal deliveries - go me!) so we are thinking this one will be at least 9 again. I have a growth ultrasound in 3 weeks to see how things are tracking.
My weight is on track to have me deliver at about the weight I was when I found out I was pregnant...so still 100pounds below my pre-VSG weight. I am pleased with that as I got pregnant way too soon after surgery.
This may be a sooner-than-we-planned baby but I really think everything is working out the way it was meant to be.
I was a 3x/28 for my first 2 kids...now wearing XL/16. This really is a totally different experience.
5'-8",HW 347,SW329,M1-25 M2-17 M3-11 M4-13 M5-14 pregnant-->
Best of luck to both of you. My son is almost 8 months old I love every minute of it.