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ME!!  I was very infertile prior to surgery and had gone through 8 years of failed fertility treatments.  I was clomid resistant and responded very poorly to injectables.  I didn't even really have AF after 10 days of provera.  Once I had surgery and lost my weight my fertility GREATLY improved.  I was on birth control for my first year (the patch) and at my 1 year was at goal of 140lb and was given the semi ok to ttc by my surgeon.  I then stopped the patch and found via temping that I was not only having regular periods but I was ovulating on my own! 

At 16 months post op we decided to stop all birth control and immediately got pregnant.  I had a healthy pregnancy & baby...she's now 3.5y.  My OB did not treat me as a high risk patient since I was able to eat well and was following my surgeons directions in regards to vitamins.  The only thing he did do different was with the gestational diabetes testing...instead of the traditional testing he ordered a fasting glucose, I ate a regular meal & then he ordered a 1 hr post prandial (1 hr after eating). 

I had the Mirena IUD inserted at 4m post partum and a year later had it removed when DD1 was 1.5y.  My doc said that it can take up to 6 months to regulate but we decided to try after my 1st natural period.  We were floored to find out that once again I immediately got pregnant.  I did have a scare with this one with some slight bleeding for 2 weeks (weeks 6 & 7).  Other than that it went well!  I had my 2nd healthy daughter 13m ago.

Good luck!  I (and my OB as well) truely and firmly believe that had it not been for my WLS that I would have never been a mom. 

Kristy

OMG... I thought I was the only one with hairy arms! LOL... I knew facial hair and other areas were issues but always thought my arms hair was so long. I bleach it occasionally. It doesn't bother me when I am tan.

As for my face, I wax every 3 weeks and shave with a personal groomer if anything pops up between then.