Hello

Hi everyone, again I have been MIA - No excuses except pure laziness and of course school - I however will be DONE with school Tomorrow!!!!!

I am sure some of you may remember back in October I had a miscarriage,  well - I am 7 wks 4days Pregnant excited yet apprehensive at the same time and probably will until we hold this wee one in our arms!! We had an ultrasound on 2/25 and saw the gestational sac and yolk - everything is going as it should be. I have another ultrasound on Tuesday and hope to see the heart beat!!!

I have a question for you all - due to Type ll diabetes prior to WLS (Gastric Bypass) - my OB has decided to have me do the 3 hr glucose Tolerance Test on Tuesday... My question is because of the high sugar content should I expect horrible dumping???

Excellent question, wish I had an answer. Let us know what happens. Congratulations, wishing you all the best over the next few months. Keep us up to date on any developments. Hugs

Phyllis,
Congratulations on your pregnancy. I pray that all goes well for you this time. I seem to remember reading on here somewhere that those tests are not accurate for post WLS people. Sorry I don't remember where. Maybe time in the name of the test in the search window at the top of the page and see if anything comes up? Hope it all turns out well for you.

Rhonda

phylliss, congratulations of the pregnancy.  hope all goes well for you and your hubby. as far as the test goes, i have no idea. vick

I can't really answer your question.  I just wanted to say congratulations on wish you all the best!

Colleen

Phyl...
I do not have the answe to this either.. doggone, wish I did, I am sure candice will have to do the same thing. My guess is you probably will dump from it, if you still dump from other things. Some of u**** a point where the dumping stops, others don't. So if you ever indulge in things that trigger dumping and they do make you dump, I'd say expect it!

Candice has an OB appt today. I asked her to ask her doc about this, as he works with many wls patients who become pregnant. So, if she remembers to ask, I'll let you know what they have to say on it.

Congrats Phyl! I am keeping you and the little one in my prayers for a safe and normal full term pregnancy! RESTTTT...lol also make sure you are eating at least 6 small meals a day.

Hugs!

I Would like to thank everyone for their Congrats!! I talked with my GP and he said NO NO NO do not do the GTT - what will we learn if you do it? Nothing - we already know you were diabetic before WLS - so we will jus****ch your sugar everyday and do A1c's regularly. So now I am back to poking myself 4 times a day, have NOT done that in nearly 3 years..

Tece I asked this same question on the pregnancy board - most of the replies said their WLS doc said NO to the GTT as we have no pyloric valve so the fluids just rush in to the intestine and you will get a HIGH 200+ reading on the first blood draw - the next will be within normal range and the third maybe very low one ladie said hers was 45!! So lets hope Candice's OB does NOT have her take the GTT!

Thanks for the heads up on this Phyllis. Will pass this info along to Candice. She did ask her OB about the dumping thing when she was there and she was told that yes most likely dumping would result.