Hi there!!!! glad to see ya here!!!! -Jamie

First, Some of you may know me and some may not. I am Marsha I had gastric bypass 6/16/03 and I had a baby boy 5/25/06 to whom as of today is close to 18 month old who at this moment is sick with a bacteria infection that he caught in daycare spent all morning in the er with him they put him on strong medication thank god hope this works. I am a stay at home mom due to health issue and my husband wanting me to be home with our son. Since having my son I went on the depo shot and I have put on 44 pounds one mainly due to going on the depo shot and the surgeon did blame a part of it on that and the opening to my stomach being stretched and this past Aug and Oct i had to have scar tissue removed from around my stomach and large bowel to which i am now on pain management. I thank the good lord for blessing with me such and amazing son and husband. I have pictures on my profile of me, the family and of course my pride and joy. That's about it.. Hi to all i know on here and hi to all the ones i don't. Glad i found this board for wls parents might be very helpful for me Marsha

I'm having some issues with this very subject. My kids don't want me to get surgery. After talking to them they have lots of reasons they don't want me to. My 16 yr old son hasn't said much about it either way...not surprising! My 11 year old daughter just thinks I should exercise, eat less, etc. She knows I have done all these things only to gain back even more weight. She still don't like the surgery option one bit!! She is afraid something will go wrong during surgery or shortly after...Then my baby, 7 years old... says that "after you get skinny you won't be softy anymore" ..that means my fat rolls will be gone. She has used them as pillows all her life..she don't want to let her "pillows" go. She also told me that she didn't want me to change the way I look because then I won't look like her Mommy.. She said she loves me and wants me just the way I am. How SWEET is that? We had some discussion as to why I wanted to have surgery and also why they did not want it. I pulled out some of my books and we logged onto OH so they could get some insight into what I'm going through. I think they understand a little better now. They still don't like it...but they are too young yet to understand just what being this obese and unhealthy really means. I only hope they never do. I know once the date starts getting closer for me and the day of is going to be hard on us. I have made arrangements for them to come and see that I'm ok as soon as the Dr. says it's Ok for them to see me. I think that will help them, then my Mom will bring them back to my home and stay with them until I get out of the hospital. Good luck to you!!

I gained 30 lbs with my pregnancy and still have 7-8 lbs to loose and my DD is 10 months old. Like the other lady replied...check out the post op pregnancy board. Good luck! Kristy RNY 8/3/04 DD - Alice Kay 7/31/06 254/147/140

please dont me mad at your son honey. just hold him tight and be thankful hes here. my son of 4 died yestersay. and i want to die myself. i wished all night i can hold him even if he wasnt being nice,. I will never have that again. so when your so upset just cherish him know he here and healthy